Explore 1174 historical events from 1900–1909.
Willard Van Orman Quine was an American logician and philosopher in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century". He wa…
Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (died 2000)
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973. As a socialist committed to dem…
Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (died 1973)
João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer, poet and diplomat.
João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (died 1967)
Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Willi…
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (died 1975)
Erik Hjalmar Lundqvist was a Swedish athlete who won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Two weeks later he became the first man to break the 70 m barrie…
Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (died 1963)
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime, was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other…
Winston Graham, English author (died 2003)
Luigi Rovere was an Italian film producer.
Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer (died 1996)
Robert Nieuwenhuys was a Dutch writer of Indo descent. The son of a 'Totok' Dutchman and an Indo-European mother, he and his younger brother Roelof, grew up in Batavia, where his f…
Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (died 1999)
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court'…
Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former…
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher Parrish Friede, writing as M.F.K. Fisher, was an American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. Over her lifetime she wrote 27…
M. F. K. Fisher, American author (died 1992)
Robert Baumle Meyner was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner…
Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (died 1990)
Henri d'Orléans, was the Orléanist pretender to the defunct throne of France as Henry VI from 1940 until his death in 1999. Henri was the direct descendant of Philippe I, Duke of O…
Henri of Orléans, (died 1999)
Lyman Skinner Ayres II was president of L. S. Ayres and Company from 1954 to 1962 and its chairman of the board from 1962 to 1973. The flagship store in the Ayres family's Midweste…
Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman (died 1996)
Major General Anton Muttukumaru, OBE, ED, ADC was the first native Ceylonese to serve as the Commander of the Ceylon Army, a post he held from 1955 to 1959. He also served as Ceylo…
Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (died 2001)
Revilo Pendleton Oliver was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a founding member of the Jo…
Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (died 1994)
Louis Thomas Jordan was an American jazz, blues and jump blues saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "th…
Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (died 1975)
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy…
Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (died 1979)
Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao was an Indian economist, politician and educator.
V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (died 1991)
Raza Hussain also known as Allama Rasheed Turabi (9 July 1908 – 18 December 1973) was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher.
Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1973)
Minor Martin White was an American photographer, theoretician, critic, and educator.
Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (died 1976)
Evert Willem Beth was a Dutch philosopher and logician, whose work principally concerned the foundations of mathematics. He was a member of the Significs Group.
Evert Willem Beth, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (died 1964)
Milton Berle was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies…
Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (died 2002)
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théât…
Alain Cuny, French actor (died 1994)
Paul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. Among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, he won two PGA Championships and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.…
Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)