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)…
Category: 20th Century
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) • Calhern, Louis (1895-1956) • Cattrall, Kim (1956) • Davis,…
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: • Museum Oskar Reinhart established in Winterthur. • 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)…
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,…
1947
Rulers: • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Events: • Musée National d’Art Moderne established in Paris, France. • Museu de Arte de São Paulo established in São Paulo, Brazil. • Shelburne Museum established in Shelburne, Vermont. Births: • Archer, Anne (1947) • Berenson, Marisa (1947)…
1946
Rulers: • Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) Births: • Aumont, Tina (1946-2006) • Balmer, Jean-François (1946) • Bartoli, Luciano (1946-2019) • Bedi, Kabir (1946) • Beneyton, Yves (1946) • Bergen, Candice (1946) • Birkin, Jane (1946-2023) • Bush, George W. (1946) • Clay, Nicholas…