1950s

## 1950

* January 29 – Monroe Sweeney died, aged 57.
* March 9 – Danny Sullivan born.
* March 14 – Don Blankenship born.
* April 23 – William Alexander died, aged 60.
* June 27 – Flying Disk Over Louisville.
* October 10 – Tim Krekel born.
* October 13 – William Hopkinson Cox died, aged 93.
* December 7 – Evelyn Selbie died, aged 79.
* December 11 – Herbert Marcus died, aged 72.

## 1951

* January 6 – Shug McGaughey born.
* February 2 – Bill Sowders died, aged.
* February 16 – Darwin K. Kyle died, aged 29.
* March 8 – Virgil Chapman died, aged 55.
* March 31 – Beverle Graves Myers born.
* May 8 – Chris Frantz born.
* June 29 – Don Rosa born.
* July 1 – Terrence Mann born.
* July 26 – Woody Blackburn born.

## 1952

* January 3 – Dick Curtis died, aged 49.
* January 20 – George Remus died, aged aged 77.
* January 31 – Hayden Stevenson died, aged 74.
* March 10 – Harry W. Ware died, aged 65.
* April 13 – Sam Bush born.
* May 6 – Harry Berte died, aged 79.
* May 8 – Elizabeth Robins died, aged 89.
* June 19 – Dick Crutcher died, aged 62.
* July 5 – Hillbilly Jim born.
* July 19 – Emma Guy Cromwell died, aged 86.
* July 22 – Bird Averitt born.
* July 22 – Harry Carter died, aged 72.
* July 24 – Gus Van Sant born.
* August 11 – Riccardo Martin died, aged 77.
* August 30 – Stephen S. Sawyer born.
* September 18 – Rick Pitino born.
* September 25 – bell hooks born.
* October 22 – Elizabeth Fouse died, aged 77.
* November 4 – Steve Nunn born.
* December 17 – Michael Williams born.

## 1953

* January 13 – Silvana Gallardo born.
* February 17 – Becky Ann Baker born.
* February 27 – Ann Del Farrish born.
* March 6 – Carrie Marcus Neiman died, aged 69.
* March 20 – Jimmy Dan Conner born.
* August 18 – Jim Gray born.
* August 20 – Carlisle Cutchin died, aged 68.
* October 25 – Fenton Johnson born.
* November 24 – Glenn Withrow born.
* November 26 – Dorsey Ridley born.

## 1954

* April 8 – Virginia Cary Hudson died, aged 59.
* June 2 – Steve Raible born.
* June 23 – Tony Dunnavant born.
* July 1 – Keith Whitley born.
* July 18 – Ricky Skaggs born.
* July 27 – Phil Bond born.
* September 23 – George C. Wolfe born.
* November 3 – Phil Simms born.
* December 14 – James Horan born.

## 1955

* January 18 – Phil Morrison died, aged 60.
* January 31 – Buck Washington died, aged 51.
* February 22 – Marty Pollio born.
* February 25 – Lynn Starling died, aged 66.
* May 9 – Myra Blackwelder born.
* May 22 – Lena Madesin Phillips died, aged 73.
* July 22 – Richard J. Corman born.
* August 21 – The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter occurred.
* September 4 – Gus Weyring died, aged 88.
* September 18 – Sid Griffin born.
* September 20 – Art Herman died, aged 84.

## 1956

* January 4 – John Beckwith died, aged 55.
* January 17 – James Lee born.
* January 28 – Barry McCormick died, aged 81.
* March 24 – Mike Phillips born.
* March 31 – John Morgan born.
* April 30 – Alben W. Barkley died, aged 78.
* June 29 – Thomas R. Underwood died, aged 58.
* August 16 – Hallie Erminie Rives died, aged 82.
* September 2 – J. Larry Jones born.
* September 6 – Jeff McWaters born.
* September 21 – Jack Givens born.
* September 22 – Jesse Tannehill died, aged 82.
* October 23 – Dwight Yoakam born.
* November 13 – Joseph L. Beam died, aged 88.
* December 16 – Jim Newberry born.
* December 18 – Thais Lawton died, aged 77.

## 1957

* January 4 – Patty Loveless born.
* January 22 – Terry Meiners born.
* January 27 – Herbert Wassell Nadal died, aged 83.
* March 12 – Dick Niehaus died, aged 64.
* June 14 – Chad Cromwell born.
* August 10 – Charles Neville Buck died, aged 78.
* September 5 – Carl Brazley born.
* September 10 – J. Martin Holman born.

## 1958

* January 13 – Gene Roof born.
* February 4 – Ted Turner died, aged 65.
* February 7 – Margaret Vandercook died, aged 81.
* June 6 – Virginia Pearson died, aged 72.
* June 16 – Darrell Griffith born.
* July 22 – Grover Land died, aged 73.
* August 12 – Augustus Owsley Stanley died, aged 91.
* September 6 – Bill Plaschke born.
* September 28 – Jerry Layne born.
* October 25 – Greg Page born.
* October 26 – Paul Laird born.
* October 31 – Russ Cochran born.

## 1959

* February 1 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan died, aged 85.
* February 8 – Jerry Eaves born.
* March 2 – Larry Stewart born.
* March 9 – Fin Wilson died, aged 70.
* April 6 – David Dean Bottrell born.
* April 6 – Monte Montague died, aged 67.
* April 18 – Debbie Combs born.
* May 18 – Debbie Dadey born.
* May 21 – Albert B. Blanton died, aged 78.
* June 13 – Danny Fargo born.
* July 6 – Joe Jacoby born.
* September 12 – Ben Chandler born.
* September 21 – Abraham Flexner died, aged 92.
* October 21 – Olive Blakeney died, aged 60.
* November 20 – Sean Young born.
* December 2 – Mac King born.