List of Oz related events in the decade between 1950-1959
Media
- 1951: The Hidden Valley of Oz is published
- 1954: The Wicked Witch of Oz is written but shelved
- 1956
- January 1st: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz entered the public domain
- 1959: The International Wizard of Oz Club is founded
- July: Monica's Gang has its first issue published
Births
- 1950
- March 26th: Martin Short
- August 1: José Dumont
- November 24th: Justin Case
- 1951: Sherwood Smith and Pons Maar
- June 20th: Tress MacNeille
- July 20th: Joy Dunstan
- October 11th: Michael Carman
- November 17th: Stephen Root
- December 4th: Mick Garris
- 1952: Mark E. Haas
- March 2nd: Laraine Newman
- April 17th: Joe Alaskey
- July 1st: Dan Aykroyd
- August 7th: Gary Waddell
- October 13th: Susan Conway
- October 22nd: Jeff Goldblum
- November 3rd: Jim Cummings
- 1953
- May 6th: Lynn Whitfield
- August 1st: José Tadeu Ribeiro
- November 13th: Frances Conroy
- November 18th: Kath Soucie
- unknown: Gary Briggle
- 1954
- January 20th: Ken Page
- June 9th: Gregory Maguire
- June 15th: James Belushi
- 1955
- January 3rd: Hal Rayle
- February 3rd: Lara Teeter
- February 21st: Kelsey Grammer
- May 8th: Raoul Trujillo
- May 28th: Liz Georges
- December 8th: Kevin McNulty
- December 24th: Randy Crenshaw
- 1956
- March 11th:Rob Paulsen
- June 30th: David Alan Grier
- October 2nd: Charlie Adler
- November 29th: Hinton Battle
- December 3rd: Michael Gough
- 1957
- March 25th: Stephanie Mills
- September 3rd: Mak Wilson
- October 4th: Bill Fagerbakke
- October 10th: David Lodge
- 1958:
- January 3rd: Kerry Armstrong
- January 25th: Meteora Fontana
- Janurary 31st: Terri Hawkes
- March 31st: Tony Cox
- June: Channy Mahon
- August 29th: Michael Jackson
- November 19th: Terrence Carson
- 1959
- March 16th: Scott Schwartz
- September 23rd: Jason Alexander
- October 23rd: Sam Raimi
- Unknown date: Caíque Martins Ferreira
Deaths
- 1950
- June 24th: Mary Cowles Clark - 79
- 1953
- April 2nd: Kenneth Gage Baum - 61
- May 31st: Dick Rosson - 60
- September 5th: Nona Cooper - 79
- 1956
- July 13th: Jack Snow - 49
- August 24th: Mitchell Lewis - 76
- 1957
- August 7th: Oliver Hardy - 65
- 1958
- April 21st: Robert Stanton Baum - 72
- June 6th: Virginia Pearson - 72
- December 2nd: Frank Joslyn Baum - 74
- 1959
- March 6th: Fred Stone - 85
- September 13th: Gilbert Adrian - 56
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