Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Ragnar Wilhelm Nurkse was an Estonian-American economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development. He is considered the pioneer of Ba…
Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (born 1907)
John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (born 1881)
Bhaurao Patil, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India. A strong advocate of mass education, he founded the Rayat Education Society. Bhaurao played an important ro…
Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (born 1887)
Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trump…
Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1897)
Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal was the seventh and last child of Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein.
Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (born 1862)
John Foster Dulles was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignat…
John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (born 1888)
Philip Kassel was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in the German Empire. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the t…
Philip Kassel, American gymnast (born 1876)
Lyda Cini, Countess of Monselice was an Italian actress of cinema and theatre. Her career in theatre started when she was a child, acting on stage with Paola Pezzaglia in the Frenc…
Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (born 1884)
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of A…
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
Zoltán Meskó de Széplak was a leading Hungarian Nazi during the 1930s. He led his own Nazi movement during the early 1930s but faded from the political scene when Hungary became a …
Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (born 1883)
George Reeves was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Clark Kent/Superman in the television series Adventures of Superman (1952–1958).
George Reeves, American actor and director (born 1914)
Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore-Drew family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and w…
Ethel Barrymore, American actress (born 1879)
Dr. Hermann Louis Brill was a German resistance fighter, doctor of law and politician (SPD).
Hermann Brill, German educator and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (born 1895)
Boris Vian was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly c…
Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)
Hidir Lutfi was an Iraqi poet. Born in Kirkuk in a Konyan Turkish family, he studied Arabic, Persian and Turkish. He has an unprinted Diwan of poetry, many literary researches, and…
Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet
Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between December 1957 and January 1958, when he was nineteen years old.…
Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (born 1938)
José Vasconcelos Calderón, called the "cultural caudillo" of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, lawyer, and politician. He is one of the most inf…
José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher and politician (born 1882)
George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objec…
George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (born 1893)
Ferenc Talányi was a Slovene writer, journalist, and painter from Prekmurje.
Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (born 1883)
Charles Warrington Leonard Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freem…
Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (born 1882)
Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the most significant Swiss composer…
Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and academic (born 1880)
Edward Vivian "Vance" Palmer was an Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic.
Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (born 1885)
Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music…
Billie Holiday, American singer (born 1915)
Eugene Isaac Meyer was an American banker, businessman, financier, and newspaper publisher. He was the fifth chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1930 to 1933. Meyer purchased The …
Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (born 1875)