Explore 897 historical events from 1890–1899.
Archie Bruce "Beak" Weston was an American football player who was a quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1917 and a halfback in 1919. He was selected as a first-team All-…
Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (died 1981)
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1958. He also served as Minister of Defense, following service in the Red Army during World War II.
Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (died 1975)
Eugénie Brazier, known as "la Mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in 1933, became the first person awarded six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mère Brazier in t…
Eugénie Brazier, French chef (died 1977)
John James "Jolly Jack" Adams was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He playe…
Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1968)
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion from 1919 to…
Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (died 1983)
George Henry Hainsworth was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saska…
George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1950)
Heinrich Johann Dietrich "Heinz" Warneke was a German-born American sculptor, best remembered as an animalier, or sculptor of animals. His role in the direct carving movement "assu…
Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1983)
Irving Caesar was an American lyricist and composer primarily for theater who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards, including "Swanee", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Crazy Rhythm", a…
Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (died 1996)
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, for their 1934 di…
Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was a German composer and music educator who is best known for composing the cantata Carmina Burana and formulating concepts of his Schulwerk, which became…
Carl Orff, German composer and educator (died 1982)
Dorothy Ierne Wilde, known as Dolly Wilde, was an English socialite, made famous by her family connections and her reputation as a witty conversationalist. Her charm and humour mad…
Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet (died 1941)
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legen…
Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (died 1962)
Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in hi…
Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (died 1983)
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards an…
Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (died 1960)
Sidney Alderman Blackmer was an American Broadway and film actor active between 1914 and 1971, usually in major supporting roles.
Sidney Blackmer, American actor (died 1973)
Frank Raymond "F. R." Leavis was an English literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught for much of his career at Downing College, Cambridge, and later at the …
F.R. Leavis, British literary critic (died 1978)
Wilfrid Hamel was a Canadian politician, serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and as Mayor of Quebec City.
Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City (died 1968)
Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva was a Russian ballerina whose stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939.
Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (died 1991)
Xu Beihong, also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter.
Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and academic (died 1953)
László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the in…
László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (died 1946)
Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler, was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as …
León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1976)
Aileen Pringle was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era.
Aileen Pringle, American actress (died 1989)
George Kelly Barnes, better known by his nickname Machine Gun Kelly, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his…
Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (died 1954)
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and…
Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (died 1985)