Timeline Sunday 1 January 1950

Events on Sunday 1 January 1950 4

• 1950 1950: Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo The first ever Formula One World Champion, Italian Nino Farina won the inaugural title at the age of 43.
• 1950 – 2025 Formula 1 World Champions Every World Drivers' Champion since 1950 A year-by-year record of every Formula One World Drivers' Champion from the inaugural 1950 season to the present day. The championship has been won by 35 different drivers from 15 countries, with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton sharing the record of seven titles each. The sport has evolved from gentleman amateurs racing on public roads to a global spectacle watched by hundreds of millions, but the title of World Champion remains the ultimate prize in motorsport.
• 1950 – 1954 Harvard Education Studied at Harvard University, earning his BA summa cum laude in 1950 and completing his PhD in 1954 with a dissertation on the Congress of Vienna.
• 1950 – 1956 Musical Studies and Army Service Studied at the Mannes School of Music, McGill University and the Music Academy of the West under Darius Milhaud. Served in the US Army, playing piano and arranging music.