Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Marion King Hubbert was an American geologist and geophysicist. He worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology, geophysic…
M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (died 1989)
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton was an Irish experimental physicist. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Cockcroft "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomi…
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
Georgy (Georgi) Geshev (Geschew) was a Bulgarian chess master.
Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (died 1937)
Bei Shizhang, or Shi-Zhang Bei, was a Chinese biophysicist, embryologist, politician, and writer. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)
Josephine Hutchinson was an American actress. She acted in dozens of theater plays and dozens of films, including The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), Son of Frankenstein (1939), Som…
Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (died 1998)
Cécile de Brunhoff was a French storyteller and the creator of the original Babar story. She was also a classically trained pianist.
Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (died 2003)
Andrei Antonovich Grechko was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as the Soviet minister of defence from 1967 to 1976.
Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976)
Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. In 1958, as owner of the Dodg…
Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders was a member of the Belgian royal family who served as regent of Belgium from 1944 until 1950, while a judicial commission investigated his elder …
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)
Vernon Duke was a Russian and American composer and songwriter, who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics …
Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)
Joseph Lee Williams was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he rec…
Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982)
Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectivel…
Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940)
Karoline "Lina" Radke-Batschauer was a German track and field athlete. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women.
Lina Radke, German runner and coach (died 1983)
Karl Erik Tore Johansson, better known by the stage name Tor Johnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including some …
Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)
George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes i…
George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
Jerome Howard, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of The Three Stooges comedy team, which also featured his elder brot…
Curly Howard, American comedian and vaudevillian (died 1952)
Melvin Horace Purvis II was an FBI agent who was instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. In his later military career, he was directly i…
Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)
Petrus "Piet" Michaelis van der Horst was a Dutch racing cyclist who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal as part of the Dutch pursuit team.
Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist (died 1983)
Mahn Ba Khaing was a Karen politician who served as the Minister of Industry and Labour in Burma's pre-independence government. He was assassinated on 19 July 1947, alongside Prime…
Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese politician (died 1947)
John Rensselaer Chamberlain was an American journalist, business and economic historian, syndicated columnist, and literary critic who was dubbed "one of America's most trusted boo…
John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the …
Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
Sir Oliver Mowat was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant go…
Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, third Premier of Ontario, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1820)
Josiah Willard Gibbs was an American mechanical engineer and scientist who made fundamental theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics. His work on the applic…
Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (born 1839)
Godfrey Downes Carter was an Australian businessman, politician and mayor of Melbourne from 1884 to 1885.
Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (born 1830)