Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Robert Francis Boyle was an American film art director and production designer. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for North by Northwest (1959), Gaily, Gaily (1969), Fiddler…
Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)
Sir Kenneth McColl Anderson was an Australian politician, soldier and businessman. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1953 to 197…
Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (died 1985)
Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General's Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.
Dorothy Livesay, Canadian poet (died 1996)
Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock, was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.
Herblock, American author and illustrator (died 2001)
Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as …
Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (died 1956)
Mochitsura Hashimoto was a Japanese officer and a submarine commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was captain of the submarine I-58, which sank the Ameri…
Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (died 2000)
Dorothy Kingsley was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio, and television.
Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (died 1997)
Bernd Rosemeyer was a German racing driver and speed record holder. He is often considered one of the greatest racing drivers of his era.
Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (died 1938)
Jesse Leonard Greenstein was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold.
Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic (died 2002)
Robert Trout was an American broadcast news reporter who worked on radio before and during World War II for CBS News. He was regarded by some as the "Iron Man of Radio" for his abi…
Robert Trout, American journalist (died 2000)
William Randolph "Cozy" Cole was an American jazz drummer who worked with Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong among others and led his own groups.
Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981)
Leopoldo Panero was Spanish poet, born in Astorga in 1909 and deceased in 1962. He was the father of the poets Leopoldo María Panero and Juan Luis Panero and the brother of the ear…
Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962)
Joaquín Satrústegui Fernández was a Spanish lawyer and political monarchist. He fought on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War, and evolved from the ultra-conservatism…
Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992)
Norberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa. Bobbio w…
Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (died 2004)
Marguerite Catherine Perey was a French physicist and a student of Marie Curie. In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained acti…
Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (died 1975)
Yasushi Sugiyama was a Japanese painter of the Shōwa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting.
Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (died 1993)
William Arthur Carr was an American athlete and double Olympic champion in 1932. Called the "Arkansas flyer," Carr never lost a race during his college and Olympic career.
Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)
Vice Admiral Thomas Francis Connolly Jr. was a three-star rank admiral in the United States Navy, aviator, and gymnast. As a member of the United States men's national artistic gym…
Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996)
Whitner Nutting Bissell was an American character actor.
Whit Bissell, American actor (died 1996)
Ken Domon was a celebrated Japanese photographer known for his work as a photojournalist and as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary.
Ken Domon, Japanese photographer (died 1990)
Rebekah Isabelle Laemmle, known professionally as Carla Laemmle and occasionally as Beth Laemmle, was an American actress and dancer, and the niece of Universal Pictures studio fou…
Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer (died 2014)
Zellig Sabbettai Harris was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science widely considered to have been influential in his fields. Originally a Sem…
Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)
Edward Loring Flynn was an American boxer who won the gold medal in the 1932 Summer Olympics as a welterweight. He was also a member of the Loyola Wolf Pack boxing team.
Edward Flynn, American boxer (died 1976)
Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois, was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film ...Sans laisser d'adresse won the Golden Bear (Comedie…
Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 1985)