Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Ronald Erwin McNair was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was se…
Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (died 1986)
Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar is a Guyanese politician who was President of Guyana from 2011 to 2015. He was also the General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) from …
Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana
Maths-Olov Sundqvist was a Swedish entrepreneur and business magnate. Sundqvist was one of Sweden's wealthiest individuals; however, during the Great Recession, he was forced to se…
Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman (died 2012)
Ignacio Tuason Arroyo Jr., also known as Iggy Arroyo, was a Filipino politician. He was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Fifth District of Negro…
Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Leela Vernon MBE was a Belizean cultural icon noted for her contributions to preserving Creole culture in the country. She was awarded the title "Queen of Brukdown", received the O…
Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist (died 2017)
Pablove Black is a Jamaican reggae musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, vocalist and producer.
Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Miguel Ángel Pichetto is an Argentine lawyer and conservative Peronist politician. He is Auditor General of the Nation. He was National Senator for Río Negro Province for eighteen …
Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
Miroslav Sládek is a Czech politician, and the founder and chairman of the right-wing populist Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR-RSČ). Founded in 199…
Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
Gabriella Sica is an Italian poet.
Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
Maria Teschler-Nicola is an Austrian human biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist. The Pallister–Killian syndrome is also called Teschler-Nicola syndrome after her.
Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
Anne Alvaro is a French actress whose work spans from the early 1970s through to 2012. She is probably best known for her role as Eleonore in the 1983 biopic Danton. She won one Cé…
Anne Alvaro, French actress
Fernando Arêas Rifan is a bishop of the Catholic Church from Campos, Brazil. Since December 2002 he has been the Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Apostolic Administration of…
Fernando Arêas Rifan, Brazilian bishop
Roger Davies is an English retired football forward who played professionally in England, Belgium and the United States. He was capped by England at under-23 level. He also provide…
Roger Davies, English footballer
John Daniel Matuszak, nicknamed "Tooz", was an American professional football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who later became an actor.
John Matuszak, American footballer (died 1989)
Francisco Oscar "Pancho" Lamolina is an Argentine former football (soccer) referee.
Francisco Oscar Lamolina, Argentine football referee
Christopher Ward Norman is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie (1964–1986), which found success in Europe in the 1970s.…
Chris Norman, English singer-songwriter
Michael John Driscoll is a British economist. He was chair of the Coalition of Modern Universities in the UK and from 1996 to 2015 was vice-chancellor of Middlesex University in L…
Michael Driscoll, English economist and academic
Frances Ann Lebowitz is an American writer, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life, particularly from a New Yo…
Fran Lebowitz, American author
Július Šupler is a Slovak ice-hockey coach. Šupler has been coach of HC Dukla Trenčín and Riga 2000 and was the first coach of Slovakia national team.
Július Šupler, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history. He has written more than 30 books of non-…
A. N. Wilson, English journalist, historian, and author
Sihem Bensedrine is a Tunisian journalist and human rights activist. In 2005, she was honored with the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award.
Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
Ludo Delcroix was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won the 9th stage in the 1979 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
Abdullah Gül is a Turkish politician who served as the president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurre…
Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey
Philip Chenier is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for ten seasons. He was also a television …
Phil Chenier, American basketball player and broadcaster