Explore 1176 historical events from 1900–1909.
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to …
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White
The 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, commonly known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, was a motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the c…
The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans
The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is a U.S. law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and me…
The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne with the title of Hereditary Prin…
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (died 1947)
William Brooke Joyce, nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently t…
William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (died 1946)
Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith, informally known as Aunt Mimi, was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. She was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, a…
Mimi Smith, English nurse (died 1991)
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf …
In Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world.…
Joel Brand was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe to the relativ…
Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longe…
William J
Yiorgos Theotokas, formally Georgios Theotokas, was a Greek novelist.
Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966)
Kurt Friedrich Gödel was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel…
Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978)
Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death, Sacher was the majority shareholder of the Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical company…
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (died 1999)
Horst Schumann was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and medical doctor who conducted sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass …
Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (died 1983)
Mary Astor was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941)…
Mary Astor, American actress (died 1987)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She …
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (died 1975)
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth c…
André Weil, French mathematician and academic (died 1998)
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributin…
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1977)
Ernest Leslie McCormick was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Test matches from 1935 to 1938.
Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991)
Zinka Milanov was a Croatian operatic dramatic soprano who had a major career centered on the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After finishing her education in Zagreb, Milanov …
Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (died 1989)
Alfred Pellan was an important figure in twentieth-century Canadian painting.
Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)
Margret Elizabeth Rey was a German-born American writer and illustrator, best known for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey cre…
Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (died 1996)
Bruce Bennett was an American film and television actor who was a college athlete in football and in intercollegiate and international track-and-field competitions. In 1928, he won…
Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007)
Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protégé of Pop…
Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (died 1989)