Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military …
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a bi-national mutual defense organization in Canada and the United States. Established 12 September 1957 as the North American Air D…
The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
Dwane Lyndon Casey is an American retired basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons before transitioning to a front office position with th…
Dwane Casey, American basketball coach
Dame Julia Wendy Macur, DBE, known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019, she was t…
Julia Macur, English lawyer and judge
Frank McDonough is a British historian of the Third Reich and international history.
Frank McDonough, British historian
Hervé Le Tellier is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo. He is its fourth president. Other notable members have included Raymond Q…
Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissol…
The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental…
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate…
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights…
Nicholas Peter John Hornby is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of which were adapte…
Nick Hornby, English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest public company in India by market capitalisation in 2…
Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries
Herbert Wetterauer is a German painter, sculptor and author. He is known for his paintings in ink and life-sized figures made of paperboard, for which he developed his own techniqu…
Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014. Tusk was Pre…
Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he was appointed a life peer in 1998.
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician
Theo de Rooij is a retired Dutch former bicycle racer and former manager of the Rabobank cycling team - a position from which he resigned after the 2007 Tour de France. De Rooij wa…
Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager
Dietmar Keck is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Greater Linz since December 2002.
Dietmar Keck, Austrian politician
Willie Clay Upshaw is an American former Major League Baseball player who played first base for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians (1988), both of the American League.
Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
Neville Stanley Brody is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He is known for his work on The Face magazine (1981–1986), Arena magazine (1987–1990), and desig…
Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
Janet Vivian Hooks was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player fro…
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (died 2014)
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed…
Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor
Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa is a Samoan politician and High Chief (matai) who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Samoa from 2021 to 2025. She has led the Samoa Uniting Party (…
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa
Joseph D. Morelle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 2018. A Democrat, he was formerly a member of the Ne…
Joseph Morelle, American politician
Michael Anthony Wright, known professionally as Wonder Mike, is an American hip hop recording artist and member of the Sugarhill Gang. The group was part of the hip hop movement in…
Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter
Warrick Maxwell Darling, known as Rick Darling, is a former Australian Test cricketer.
Rick Darling, Australian cricketer
Count Uberto Pasolini Dall'Onda is an Italian film producer, director, and former investment banker known for producing the 1997 film The Full Monty and directing and producing the…
Uberto Pasolini, Italian banker, director, and producer