Explore 747 historical events from 1910–1919.
Garrett James Hardin was an American ecologist and microbiologist. He focused his career on the issue of human overpopulation, and is best known for his exposition of the tragedy o…
Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic (died 2003)
Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican and American actor. He was known for his portrayal of earthy, passionate characters "marked by a brutal a…
Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (died 2001)
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an allianc…
The last British Liberal Party government (led by H
Lassen Peak, commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a 10,457-foot (3,187 m) lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Located in the Shasta Casca…
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St
The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resul…
Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246
Sir Arnold Alexander Hall was an English aeronautical engineer, scientist and industrialist.
Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (died 2000)
Mortimer Weisinger was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books. He als…
Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (died 1978)
Hans "Hanns" Martin Schleyer was a German business executive, employer and industry representative, Nazi SS officer, and lobbyist. He served as president of two powerful commercial…
Hanns Martin Schleyer, German business executive (died 1977)
Alice Faye was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as On the Avenue (1937) and Alexander's Ragtime…
Alice Faye, American actress and singer (died 1998)
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London
Major Warren Frederick Martin Clemens was a British-Australian colonial administrator and military officer. In late 1941 and early 1942, while serving as a District Officer in the …
Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier (died 2009)
Doris Fisher was an American singer and songwriter, collaborating both as lyricist and composer. She co-wrote many popular songs in the 1940s, including "Whispering Grass", "You Al…
Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Margaret Rose Mount was an English actress. As a child, she found acting an escape from an unhappy home life. After playing in amateur productions, she was taken on by a repertory …
Peggy Mount, English actress (died 2001)
Stewart Edward Hart was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, and coach. He is best known for founding and handling Stampede Wrestling, a profes…
Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (died 2003)
George Orson Welles was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential fi…
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1985)
Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist and historian, first known for his 1946 best-seller Thunder Out of China, reporting from China during World War II and th…
Theodore H
Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, was an English businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as the first female British prime minister from 1979 to 1990; thus, he …
Denis Thatcher, English businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2003)
Hilda Bernstein OLG was a British-born author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights.
Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (died 2006)
Paul Anthony Samuelson was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal…
Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Henrik Sandberg was a Danish film producer. He produced 39 films between 1955 and 1979. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the Danish film director A. W. Sandberg.
Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (died 1993)
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010)