Explore 1176 historical events from 1900–1909.
Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler and the first athlete to win three Olympic medals in the 400 m hurdles. He was the flag bearer for the United States at his last Oly…
Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (died 1975)
Luis Saslavsky was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella GE, often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish national syndicalis…
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (died 1936)
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory. He also gave fundamental contributions to the mathe…
Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1987)
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)
The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on Jun…
The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed "Big Poison", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most no…
Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents…
Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (died 1957)
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, was a senior Canadian Army officer who served with distinction during World War II. Acknowledged by many military historians and senior co…
Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (died 1974)
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)
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group.
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