Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian politician, revolutionary, and communist political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He served as the Firs…
Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (died 1985)
Geirr Tveitt was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement in Norwegian cultural life during the 1930s.
Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)
Carl Stuart Hamblen was an American entertainer who in 1926 became one of radio's first singing cowboys, going on to become a singer, actor, radio show host and songwriter. He conv…
Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (died 1989)
Niyazi Berkes was a Turkish Cypriot sociologist.
Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (died 1988)
John Thomas Gould was an American humorist, essayist, and columnist who wrote a column for the Christian Science Monitor for over sixty years from a farm in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He…
John Gould, American journalist and author (died 2003)
José Escobar Saliente was a Spanish comic book writer and artist, born in Barcelona. He signed as Escobar, and is most famous for his creation Zipi y Zape, as well as the character…
José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (died 1994)
František Douda was a Czech shot putter who competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
František Douda, Czech shot putter (died 1990)
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Igor Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. He received the a…
Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
Carmen Dillon was an English film art director and production designer who won an Oscar for the Olivier version of Hamlet (1948).
Carmen Dillon, English film and production designer (died 2000)
Gotthard Handrick was a German Olympic athlete and German fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
Gotthard Handrick, German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (died 1978)
Polly Ann Young was an American actress.
Polly Ann Young, American actress (died 1997)
Lenore "Lee" Krasner was an American artist active primarily in New York whose work has been associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Lee Krasner, American painter (died 1984)
Ruby Rose Blevins, known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. Montana was the first female country performer to have a millio…
Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)
John Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geophysicist, geologist and professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of…
John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher, statesman, and politician. He was elected president of Argentina and governed from May 1, 1958, to March 29, 19…
Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar, also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, was a politician and a patriarch of the Thevar community. He was elected three times to the nationa…
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (died 1963)
Thomas Peter Bromley Smith was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played…
Peter Smith, English cricketer (died 1967)
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet militar…
Dmitry Ustinov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party fro…
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1836)
Charles Cameron Kingston was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was Premier of South Australia, leading a coalition of Radicals supported by the Labor Party.
Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Bellechasse in the 1st Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1870 as a Conservative…
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1823)
François Édouard Joachim Coppée was a French poet and novelist.
François Coppée, French poet and author (born 1842)
Thomas Mitchell Morris, otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of…
Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (born 1821)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as initially the Mujaddid of the 14…
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (born 1835)