Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Brenda Milner is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. Milner …
Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic
Paul Caswell Powe Farnes, was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot, and Second World War flying ace. He flew during the Battle of Britain as one of "The Few", piloting Hawker Hu…
Paul Farnes, British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot (died 2020)
Samuel Victor Perry FRS was an English biochemist who was a pioneer in the field of muscle biochemistry. In his earlier years he was a rugby union lock who played club rugby for So…
Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player (died 2009)
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio was a military officer and politician who served as the 35th president of Guatemala from 1970 to 1974. A member of the National Liberation Movement, his …
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (died 2003)
Cindy Walker was an American songwriter, country music singer, and dancer. She wrote many popular and enduring songs recorded by many artists.
Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 2006)
Denis Edward Arnold MC was a British Army officer of the Second World War who won the Military Cross in 1944 for an opportunistic attack on a Japanese force while serving with the …
Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier (died 2015)
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist, statesman, and revolutionary who was the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the countr…
Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Abraham "Appie" Bueno de Mesquita was a Dutch comedian, actor and stage artist, well known for his ability to make funny faces.
Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (died 2005)
Ruth Leone Duccini was an American actress.
Ruth Duccini, American actress (died 2014)
Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from…
Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1999)
Ruggiero Ricci was an American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini.
Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (died 2012)
Jane Schenthal Frank was an American multidisciplinary artist, known as a painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator, and textile artist. Her landscape-like, mixed-media ab…
Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (died 1986)
Marjorie Lord was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on The Danny Thomas Show.
Marjorie Lord, American actress (died 2015)
Leonard Joseph Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.
Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (died 1984)
Donald George Ingalls was an American screenwriter and television producer. During his 35-year career Ingalls wrote scripts for more than 70 episodes of network television, includi…
Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (died 2014)
Edwin Greene O'Connor was an American journalist, novelist, and radio commentator. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for his novel The Edge of Sadness (1961). His ances…
Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (died 1968)
Mary Lee Settle was an American writer.
Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (died 2005)
Juho Rikard Merinen was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, …
Jussi Merinen, Finnish politician (born 1873)
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World W…
Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (born 1892)
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their contributions to the development of radio. With his …
Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850)
Jüri Vilms was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia. Empowered by Maapäev, the Salvation Committee issued the…
Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1889)
Charles Jones Soong, also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju, was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a publisher in Shanghai. His children became some of t…
Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (born 1863)
George Coșbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also it…
George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (born 1866)
George Alexander Elmslie was an Australian politician who served as the 25th and shortest serving Premier of Victoria, and the first Labor Premier.
George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)