Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Mark Wayne Clark was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World W…
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Joseph Lawton Collins was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations, one of a few senior American …
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Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon was an Indian academic, independence activist, politician, lawyer, and statesman. Menon contributed to the Indian independence movement and India's …
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Rolf Maximilian Sievert was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1966)
Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger.
Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (died 1992)
Richard Day was a Canadian art director in the film industry. He won seven Academy Awards and was nominated for a further 13 in the category of Best Art Direction. He worked on 265…
Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (died 1972)
Leutnant Karl Allmenröder was a German World War I flying ace credited with 30 aerial victories. The medical student son of a preacher father was seasoned in the trenches as an 18-…
Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (died 1917)
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatia…
Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (died 1990)
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski was a Croatian composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade.
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic (died 1955)
Eric Natanael Backman was a Swedish long distance runner who had his best achievements at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Eric Backman, Swedish runner (died 1965)
Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS di…
Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (died 1966)
Howard Winchester Hawks was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. The critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director…
Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
Sydney Bernard Kyte was a British dance band leader and violinist who became known in the 1930s, when he led the resident band at The Piccadilly Hotel in London's West End. Kyte ma…
Sydney Kyte, British bandleader (died 1981)
Henry William Allingham was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, was the v…
Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian (died 2009)
Douglas Campbell was an American aviator and World War I flying ace. He was the first American aviator flying in an American-trained air unit to achieve the status of ace.
Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1990)
Robert Sanderson Mulliken was an American physical chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbit…
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Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader o…
Imre Nagy, Hungarian soldier and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1958)
Italo Balbo was an Italian fascist politician and Blackshirts' leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Italian Libya and Commander-in-Chief of It…
Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and fascist politician who played a key role in developing Mussolini's air force (died
Catherine Filene Shouse was an American researcher and philanthropist. She graduated in 1918 from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She worked for the Women's Division of t…
Catherine Filene Shouse, American philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute) (died 1994)
Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short sto…
Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter (died 1976)
Sarah Blanche Sweet was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Throughout her career, Sweet appeared in 121 sil…
Blanche Sweet, American actress (died 1986)
Rajani Palme Dutt was a British political figure, journalist and theoretician who served as the fourth general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain during World War II…
Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (died 1974)
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional …
Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (died 1986)
Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier, was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as…
Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1982)