Explore 1426 historical events from 1950–1959.
Sir Paul Scott Holmes was a New Zealand broadcaster who gained national recognition through his high-profile radio and television journalism. Holmes fronted one of first major prim…
Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (died 2013)
Phillip Roger Noyce is an Australian film and television director. Since 1977, he has directed over 19 feature films in various genres, including historical drama ; thrillers ; and…
Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
Deborah Ann Stabenow is an American politician who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, she was Michigan's first fem…
Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
Daniel Fergus McGrain is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Celtic, Hamilton Academical and the Scotland national team as a right back. McGrain is regarded a…
Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach
Frank Curry Jr. was an Australian rugby league player and coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs club.
Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2022)
Duncan John Gay is a former Australian politician who served as the Vice-President of the Executive Council of New South Wales and the Leader of the Government in the Legislative C…
Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician
Louis Andrew Grammatico, known professionally as Lou Gramm, is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as co-founder and original frontman of the rock band Foreigner fr…
Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter
Mary Hopkin, credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti from her marriage to Tony Visconti, is a Welsh singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single "Those Were the Days". …
Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter
Maggie MacNeal is a Dutch singer. She was a member of Mouth & MacNeal, a pop duo from the Netherlands, who are best known for their million-selling recording of "How Do You Do" in …
Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery and crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a J.D. degree from Fordham University. He began h…
Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
John Dowling Coates is an Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman. He is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having been a vice president from 201…
John Dowling Coates, Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
Timothy John Russert was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior …
Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (died 2008)
Jeremy Dickson Paxman is an English former broadcaster, journalist and author, born in Yorkshire.
Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
Sadashiv Dattatray Amrapurkar was an Indian actor, best known for his performances in Marathi and Hindi films from 1983 to 2013. He acted in more than 300 movies in Hindi, Marathi,…
Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (died 2014)
Bruce William Boxleitner is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series: How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em B…
Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. Byrne was awar…
Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
Robert John Valentine, nicknamed "Bobby V", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He also served as the athletic director at Sacred Heart University. Vale…
Bobby Valentine, American baseball player and manager
James Alexander Bacon, AC was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004.
Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (died 2004)
James Bradley Simons was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jim Simons, American golfer (died 2005)
Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley, is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1…
Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician
William Haislip Squier is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter who had a string of hits in the early 1980s. His best-known songs include "The Stroke", "Lonely Is the N…
Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Daniel David Kirwan was a British musician and guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. He released three albums as a solo art…
Danny Kirwan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influenti…
Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright, lyricist, and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which A…
Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (died 1991)