Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Delta Burke is an American actress, producer and author. From 1986 to 1991, she starred as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women, for which she received two Emmy Awa…
Delta Burke, American actress
Anita Faye Hill is an American lawyer, educator and author. She is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the univers…
Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic
Soraida Martinez is an American visual artist of Puerto Rican descent known for her contemporary abstract expressionist paintings and social commentary. She is the creator of the a…
Soraida Martinez, American painter and educator
Frances Hamilton Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the Cali…
Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018)
Réal Cloutier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Cloutier spent five prolific seasons as a winger in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Quebec Nordiques.…
Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
Georg Gänswein is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia on 24 June 2024. He served as Prefect of the Papal Househ…
Georg Gänswein, German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI
Michael Connell Biehn is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Cpl. Dway…
Michael Biehn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
William E. Callahan is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). Callahan was the head coach of the …
Bill Callahan, American football player and coach
Ronald L. Kuby is an American criminal defense and civil rights attorney. Kuby is also a radio talk show host, and television commentator. He has hosted radio programs on WABC (AM)…
Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host
Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American governor of Massachusetts and…
Deval Patrick, American lawyer and politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts
Lynne Rae Perkins is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.
Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator
Fulvio Melia is an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He is a professor of physics, astronomy and the applied math program at the University of Arizona and wa…
Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
Kirk Brandon is an English musician best known as the leader of the bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny.
Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lynn Yamada Davis, mononymously better known by her online alias Lynja, was an American online celebrity chef known for her viral TikTok and YouTube Shorts videos from 2020 until h…
Lynn "Lynja" Yamada Davis, American online celebrity chef (died 2024)
Todd Jay Christensen was an American professional football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 until 1988, primarily with the Oakland / Los Angeles…
Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
David Bliss Cloud was an American musician, singer, songwriter, storyteller and occasional actor. Cloud was known foremost for his amusing earthy concert performances and garage ro…
Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)
Balwinder Singh Sandhu is a former Indian international cricketer. He represented India in eight Tests and twenty-two One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches as a medium pace bowler …
Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
Saga is a Canadian rock band from Oakville, Ontario. Bassist and keyboardist Jim Crichton and Welsh-born vocalist and keyboardist Michael Sadler are the principal songwriters.
Ian Crichton, Canadian guitarist
Christopher Thomas James Chessun is a British Anglican bishop. He became Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England in 2011.
Christopher Chessun, English Anglican bishop
Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian director.
Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Maureen Denise McCormick is an American actress, singer and author, best known for her role as Marcia Brady on the ABC television sitcom The Brady Bunch (1969–1974). She reprised t…
Maureen McCormick, American actress
William John Emmott is an English journalist, author, and consultant best known as the editor-in-chief of The Economist newspaper from 1993 to 2006. Emmott has written fourteen boo…
Bill Emmott, English journalist and author
Christopher John Foreman, nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English musician, songwriter, and composer. In a career spanning more than 45 years, Foreman came to prominence in the late 1…
Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Beresford Grant is an English singer and vocal coach.
David Grant, English singer