Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
William Archibald Scott Brown, known as Archie, was a British Formula One and sports car racing driver from Scotland who had a prodigious racing ability despite having the fingers …
Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (born 1927)
Francis Harry Rowe was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Director-General of the Department of Social Services.
Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (born 1895)
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes…
Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles…
Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905)
Ronald Charles Colman was an English actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States, where he had a highly succe…
Ronald Colman, English actor (born 1891)
Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet.
Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1880)
Edwin Keppel Bennett, noms de plume: Francis Bennett, Francis Keppel, was an English writer, poet, Germanist, and a prominent academic. He served as the president of Gonville and…
Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (born 1887)
Pál Maléter was a Hungarian military officer and notable figure in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution who served as minister of defence in the third government of Imre Nagy.
Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1917)
Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader o…
Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1895)
Kurt Alder was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
Alfred Noyes CBE was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright.
Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1880)
George Washington F. Orton was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metr…
George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (born 1873)
Andrija Štampar was a distinguished scholar in the field of social medicine from Croatia.
Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (born 1888)
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, was a British landowner, barrister, Conservative politician and government minister, and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New…
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1867)
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko was a Soviet and Russian writer and satirist.
Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (born 1895)
Otto Abraham Lasanen was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics and placed fourth at the 1914 unofficial European Cham…
Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (born 1891)
Claire Lee Chennault was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II.
Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (born 1893)
Eino Sakari Kaila was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology, physics and theater, and attempted to find unifying principles b…
Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (born 1890)
Peter John Collins was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1958. Collins won three Formula One Grands Prix across seven seasons. In endurance racing, …
Peter Collins, English race car driver (born 1931)
Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson was an early twentieth century Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter. She considered herself to be mainly a poet, but is now best appreciat…
Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (born 1883)
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis was an American children's writer. She received the Newbery Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (born 1892)
Joseph Franklin Demaree was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants (1939–41), Bos…
Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (born 1910)
Francis J. "Mickey" McCormick was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Norbert College from 1934 to 1942 and at Carroll…
Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (born 1903)
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radio…
Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)