Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Jean Arp (1886-1966) becomes Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. • Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle established in Zürich. • Musée Renoir opened in Cagnes-sur-Mer. • Scottish National Gallery of…
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1959
Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Museo de Arte de Ponce founded in Ponce (Puerto Rico). Births: • Alexander, Jason (1959) • Bean, Sean (1959) • Clarkson, Patricia (1959)…
1958
Rulers: • Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Moderna Museet established in Stockholm, Sweden. Births: • Baldwin, Alec (1958) • Bening, Annette (1958) • Columbus, Chris (1958) • Karath, Kym (1958) • Lester, Mark (1958)…
1956
Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Agatha Christie (1890-1976): Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Births: • Bochner, Hart (1956) • Cattrall, Kim (1956) • Davis, Geena (1956) • Delany,…
1953
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) Events: • Ernest Hemingway receives the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Births: • André, Carole (1953)…
1952
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Events: • Bridgestone Museum of Art founded in Tokyo. • National Museum of Modern Art opened in Tokyo. • The Hyde Collection founded in Glens Falls, NY. Births: • Agutter, Jenny…
1951
Rulers: • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Events: • Paysage, Bords de Seine (c.1879) by Renoir, is stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art. • William Faulkner (1897-1962): National Book Award (1951, 1955). Births: • Gavasa, Luisa (1951) • Hamlin, Harry (1951) • Havers,…
1950
Rulers: • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Events: • Columbia Museum of Art opened in Columbia, SC (USA). Births: • Armstrong, Gillian (1950) • Auteuil, Daniel (1950) • Balasko, Josiane (1950) • Braga, Sônia (1950) • Byrne, Gabriel (1950)…
1949
Rulers: • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Events: • William Faulkner (1897-1962): Nobel Prize in Literature. Births: • Ardant, Fanny (1949) • Azéma, Sabine (1949) • Bridges, Jeff (1949) • Callow, Simon (1949) • Carradine, Keith (1949) • Garber, Victor (1949)…
1948
Rulers: • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Events: • T. S. Eliot (1888-1965): Nobel Prize in Literature. Births: • Algora, Francisco (1948-2016) • August, Bille (1948) • Bates, Kathy (1948) • Crystal, Billy (1948) • Davoli, Ninetto (1948) • Depardieu,…