Explore 1426 historical events from 1950–1959.
Alan David Hansen MBE is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he enjoyed a highly decorated playi…
Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
Leah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court i…
Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist
Paul James O'Grady was an English drag queen, comedian, broadcaster, actor, and writer. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag persona Lily S…
Paul O'Grady, English television host, producer, and drag performer (died 2023)
Kirron Anupam Kher is an Indian politician, former actress, television personality, singer, and entertainment producer known for her work in Hindi films and television. She is a me…
Kirron Kher, Indian theatre, film and television actress, TV talk show host and politician
Polly Carey Draper is an American actress and filmmaker. Draper has received several awards, including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and is noted for speaking in a "trade…
Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Julie Beth Hagerty is an American actress. She starred as Elaine Dickinson in the films Airplane! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). Her other film roles include A Midsumme…
Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
Grete Faremo is a Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. From August 2014 to May 2022, she held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United …
Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence
Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress and comedian. Known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen, she has received various accolades thro…
Laurie Metcalf, American actress
Artemy Kivovich Troitsky is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, radio host, and academic who has lectured on music journalism at Moscow State University. In 1988,…
Artemy Troitsky, Russian journalist and critic
Mati Laur is an Estonian historian. He has written and coauthored textbooks about early modern Estonia. He has published scholarly articles about eighteenth-century Estonia, which …
Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic
Robert F. Sauvé is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Cem Hakko is a Turkish fashion designer and businessman. He is the son of Vitali Hakko (1913–2007).
Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman
Edward D. Fast is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Abbotsford from 2006 to 2025. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Minister for Intern…
Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
Mary Theresa O'Connor is a retired long-distance runner from New Zealand. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ende…
Mary O'Connor, New Zealand runner
Mary Lovelace Schapiro served as the 29th Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She was appointed by President Barack Obama, unanimously confirmed by the U.S.…
Mary Schapiro, American lawyer and politician
E. Lynn Harris was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive b…
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David Kirkwood, 1st Baron Kirkwood, PC, was a Scottish politician, trade unionist and socialist activist from the East End of Glasgow, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for…
David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–e…
Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879)
Edward James Corbett was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his …
Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (born 1875)
William Thomson Sloper was an American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Sloper, who was 28 when the Titanic sank, traveled as a first-class passenger and…
William Thomson Sloper, American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (born 1883)
George Enescu, known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in …
George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1881)
Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been one of the fastest run-scorers cricket has ever known. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898 …
Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (born 1874)
Harry Jheopart Capehart Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessperson in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Capehart served as a member of the West Virginia House of Del…
Harry J
Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and pr…
Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (born 1875)