Explore 533 historical events from 1900–1909.
Benjamin McLane Spock, widely known as Dr. Spock, was an American pediatrician, Olympic athlete, and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the…
Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, activist, and author (died 1998)
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. One of the first multimedia stars, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th centu…
Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (died 1977)
Luther Adler was an American actor who worked in theatre, film, television, and directed plays on Broadway.
Luther Adler, American actor (died 1984)
James Andrews Beard was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in Ne…
James Beard, American chef and author (died 1985)
Bernard "Toots" Shor was an American bar owner, and was the proprietor of the saloon and restaurant Toots Shor's Restaurant, in Manhattan. He ran three establishments under that na…
Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (died 1977)
Nikolay Alekseyevich Zabolotsky was a prominent Soviet and Russian poet and translator.
Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (died 1958)
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, better known as Fernandel, was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argen…
Fernandel, French actor and singer (died 1971)
Charles Leonard Gehringer, nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. …
Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (died 1993)
Otto Bradfisch was an economist, a jurist, an SS-Obersturmbannführer, leader of Einsatzkommando 8 of Einsatzgruppe B of the Security Police and the SD, and Commander of the Securit…
Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (died 1994)
Wilfrid Hyde-White was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters. He ha…
Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (died 1991)
Lillian Bohny, known professionally as Billie Dove, was an American actress.
Billie Dove, American actress (died 1997)
Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first s…
Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (died 1998)
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell was an American center fielder and pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Mexican League from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the…
Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
Charles F. Brannock was the inventor and manufacturer of the Brannock Device for measuring overall length, width, and heel-to-ball length of the foot.
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Ruth Ella Moore was an American bacteriologist and microbiologist, who, in 1933, became the first African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in a natural science. She was a profe…
Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (died 1994)
Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer. While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as Astounding Stories, Startling Stories, Unknown and Strange Storie…
Manly Wade Wellman, American author (died 1986)
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group.
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Lester Townes "Bob" Hope was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network ra…
Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (died 2003)
Countee Cullen was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance.
Countee Cullen, American poet and author (died 1946)
Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, CSsR was a Ukrainian religious priest of the Redemptorists and a prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He is considered a martyr in the Catho…
Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (died 1973)
Hans Kamstrup Vogt was a Norwegian linguist who specialized in the Caucasian languages, especially Georgian. He also did significant early work on the Kalispel language and produce…
Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (died 1986)
Edward DeKalb Acuff was an American stage and film actor. He frequently was cast as a droll comic relief, in the support of the star. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. B…
Eddie Acuff, American actor (died 1956)
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory.
Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (died 1988)
Sir Oliver Mowat was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant go…
Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, third Premier of Ontario, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1820)