Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker, was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1968 to 1971. He served in the Second World War and became…
Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (died 1980)
Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge was an English author, best known for his Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books. He also wrote the 1953 children's book A Funny Thing Happ…
Anthony Buckeridge, English author (died 2004)
John Torrance was an American shot putter and American football player. Torrance broke the shot put world record several times in 1934, his eventual best mark of 17.40 m remaining …
Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (died 1969)
Kazimierz Leski, nom de guerre Bradl, was a Polish engineer, co-designer of the Polish submarines ORP Sęp (1938) and ORP Orzeł, a fighter pilot, and an officer in World War II Home…
Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (died 2000)
Vishnu Prabhakar was a Hindi writer. He had several short stories, novels, plays and travelogues to his credit. Prabhakar's works have elements of patriotism, nationalism and messa…
Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (died 2009)
Charles Edward was at various points in his life a British prince and royal duke, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a stat…
Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1983)
Raymonde Allain was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention, and her controversia…
Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (died 2008)
Mary Therese McCarthy was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, her intimate friendship wit…
Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (died 1989)
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development o…
Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1954)
Brian Alexander Johnston, nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career w…
Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (died 1994)
Mary Aline Siepmann CBE, known by the pen name Mary Wesley, was an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million co…
Mary Wesley, English author (died 2002)
William Thomas Cahill was a liberal American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 46th governor of New Jersey from 1970 to 1974. A Republican, Cahill previously serve…
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Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite, publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of socia…
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Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Nazi Germany during …
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (died 2007)
Émile Peynaud was a French oenologist and researcher who has been credited with revolutionizing winemaking in the latter half of the 20th century, and has been called "the forefath…
Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (died 2004)
John Willard Toland was an American writer and historian. He is best known for his biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Ris…
John Toland, American historian and author (died 2004)
Ludwig Bölkow was a German aeronautical engineer.
Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (died 2003)
Daniel Farrell Reeves was an American sports entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He owned the franchise when it was…
Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1971)
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías was a Mexican architect who worked for close to 50 years in the Federal District of Mexico City, primarily designing single-family homes and apartme…
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (died 2009)
José Pablo Moncayo García was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. "As composer, José Pablo Moncayo represents one of the most important legacie…
José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)
David Ross Brower was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends …
David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (died 2000)
Sally Kathleen Kirkland was a manager at Lord & Taylor, a fashion editor at Vogue magazine, and served as the only fashion editor at Life magazine between 1947 and 1969.
Sally Kirkland, American journalist (died 1989)
Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent o…
Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (died 2006)
Mary Alexander "Molly" Yard was an American feminist and social activist who served as the eighth president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1987 to 1991 and was a…
Molly Yard, American feminist (died 2005)