Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Arthur Koestler was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest, and was educated in Austria, apart from his early school years. In 1931, Koestler…
Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1983)
Justiniano Solis Montano Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who was elected for one term to the Philippine Senate and for multiple terms as a member of the House of Represent…
Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2005)
Eino Alfred Tainio was a Finnish printer, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) …
Eino Tainio, Finnish politician (died 1970)
Joseph Edward Levine was an American film distributor, financier and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films. Levi…
Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures (died 1987)
Hussain Sha was the seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham in Pithapuram. He was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. He succeeded his father, Kavisekha…
Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (died 1981)
On 1 September 1934, the badly burned body of a woman with a bullet through the neck was found in a culvert running under Howlong Road in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The wo…
Linda Agostini, English-Australian murder victim (died 1934)
Vladimír Holan was a Czech poet. He was known for employing obscure language, dark topics and pessimistic views in his poems. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in the late 1960s…
Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (died 1980)
Tshekedi Khama was the regent-king of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II.
Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe (died 1959)
Edmund Lincoln Anderson was an American actor and comedian known for his gravelly voice. To a generation of early radio and television comedy audiences, he was known as "Rochester"…
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (died 1977)
Agnes George de Mille was an American dancer and choreographer.
Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (died 1993)
Greta Garbo was a Swedish and American film actress. She was a leading star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all…
Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (died 1990)
Judith Auer was a Swiss resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany.
Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (died 1944)
Haakon Steen Lie was a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969. Coming from humble origins, he became involved in the la…
Haakon Lie, Norwegian lawyer and politician (died 2009)
Eugen Sänger was an Austrian aerospace engineer best known for his contributions to lifting body and ramjet technology.
Eugen Sänger, Czech-Austrian engineer (died 1964)
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "…
Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
Emilio Navarro, better known as "Millito Navarro", was a Puerto Rican second baseman and shortstop. Navarro was the second Puerto Rican to play baseball in the American Negro leagu…
Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011)
Robert Lebel or LeBel was a Canadian ice hockey administrator, who served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), and the International Ice Hockey Federatio…
Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1999)
Karl Rappan was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Switzerland nationa…
Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996)
Conrad "Conny" Heidkamp was a German footballer who played as a defender for Düsseldorfer SC 99 and Bayern Munich.
Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (died 1994)
Maximilian "Max" Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 …
Max Schmeling, German boxer (died 2005)
Fidel LaBarba was an American boxer and sportswriter. He was born in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles, California. LaBarba began his amateur career at fourteen, eventually …
Fidel LaBarba, American boxer and sportswriter (died 1981)
Sir Nevill Francis Mott was a British theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems,…
Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker. He is celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger and through their production company, The Archers, they together wrote,…
Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990)
Franjo Šeper was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardin…
Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (died 1981)