Explore 1174 historical events from 1900–1909.
"Mother" Maybelle Carter was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was…
Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (died 1978)
Kenneth Lorin Darby was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor. His film scores were recognized by the awarding of three Academy Awards and one Grammy Award.…
Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (died 1992)
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino was a Comanche teacher from Oklahoma. As a child, she won a landmark education judgment against the Cache Consolidated School District of Comanche County,…
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher (died 2005)
Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the fir…
Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (died 1990)
James Neville Mason was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three G…
James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
Clara Solovera was a famous Chilean folk musician and composer. She was Chile's most popular folk music composer in the early 1960s.
Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1992)
Julius Sumner Miller was an American physicist and television personality. He is best known for his work on children's television programs in North America and Australia.
Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic (died 1987)
Frederick Towersey Perry was an English tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1. He won 10 Majors, including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single tit…
Fred Perry, English tennis player and academic (died 1995)
Margaret Brooke Sullavan was an American stage and film actress. She began her career onstage in 1929 with the University Players on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1933, she caught th…
Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (died 1960)
Luigi "Gigi" Villoresi was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.
Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (died 1997)
Robert Neal Dyer OBE was a Gold Logie-award-winning American-born vaudeville entertainer and singer, radio and television personality, and radio and television quiz show host who m…
Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (died 1984)
Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw atte…
Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (died 1988)
Wilbur Daigh Mills was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who represented Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 un…
Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician (died 1992)
Alfred Kubel was a German politician; in his later career, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (died 1999)
Sir Alexander Matthew Busby was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. He …
Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1994)
Sir Nicholas George Winton was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue refugee children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany. Bor…
Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (died 2015)
Adolfo López Mateos was a centre-left Mexican politician and lawyer who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretary of Labor and Social Welf…
Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (died 1969)
Dolores Hope, DC*SG was an American singer, entertainer, philanthropist, and wife of American actor and comedian Bob Hope.
Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)
Juan Vicente Pérez Mora was a Venezuelan supercentenarian who, until his death aged 114 years, 311 days, was the world's oldest verified living man following the death of Spain's S…
Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian, oldest living man, last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)
George Reginald "Red" Horner was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 un…
Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
Nessim Jacques Canetti was a French music executive and a talent agent. Born into a Sephardic Jewish family, his parents were Jacques Elias (Elieser) and Mathilde (Mazal) Canetti. …
Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (died 1997)
Frederick Lee Frith OBE was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. A former stonemason and later a motor cycle retailer in Grimsby, he was a stylish rider and …
Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (died 1988)
Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did well commercially.
Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1986)
Arthur Edmund Coulter was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.
Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2000)