Explore 1132 historical events from 1880–1889.
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In…
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (died 1971)
James Whale was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: Franken…
James Whale, English director (died 1957)
Agnes Meyer Driscoll, known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as "the first lady of naval cryptolo…
Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst (died 1971)
Vera Alexeyevna Karalli was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the 20th century.
Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (died 1972)
Walther Gerlach was a German physicist who co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field, the Stern–Gerlach effect. The experiment was conceiv…
Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (died 1979)
Margaret Whittaker Lawrence was an American stage actress known for her performances on Broadway and other venues.
Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (died 1929)
Conrad Potter Aiken was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published w…
Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (died 1973)
George Churchill Kenney was a United States Army general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a pos…
George Kenney, Canadian-American general (died 1977)
John Middleton Murry was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and r…
John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (died 1957)
Hans Egede Budtz was a Danish stage and film actor.
Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor (died 1968)
John Ryder was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia.
Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (died 1977)
Charles Brace Darrow was an American board game designer often credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly, which was published by Parker Brothers in 1935. However, the gam…
Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died 1967)
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up t…
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (died 1968)
John Friend Mahoney was an American physician best known as a pioneer in the treatment of syphilis with penicillin. He won the 1946 Lasker Award.
John Friend Mahoney, American physician who pioneered the treatment of syphilis with penicillin (died 1957)
Zerna Addas Sharp was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Pu…
Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (died 1981)
Camillien Houde was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal. He is of the few Canadian politicians to have served at all three levels of gove…
Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (died 1958)
Otto Tief was an Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer.
Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1976)
Lalla Carlsen was a Norwegian singer and actress. She was a very popular singer in Norway.
Lalla Carlsen, Norwegian singer and actress (died 1967)
Louis "Lou" Silvers was an American film score composer whose work has been used in more than 250 movies. In 1935, he won the first Academy Award for Best Original Score for One Ni…
Louis Silvers, American composer (died 1954)
Ivar Theodor Böhling was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (died 1929)
Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud was a Maltese politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Malta under British home rule, and the first to serve a full term in power. He held office from 1924 to …
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1942)
Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many yea…
Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (died 1945)
Alexander Mair was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 5 August 1939 to 16 May 1941. Born in Melbourne, Mair worked in various businesses there b…
Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969)
Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Party,…
Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (died 1953)