Explore 747 historical events from 1910–1919.
Dorothy Renée Ascherson, known professionally as Renée Asherson, was a British actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as …
Renée Asherson, English actress (died 2014)
Peter Copley was an English television, film and stage actor.
Peter Copley, English actor (died 2008)
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces…
Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1981)
Joff Ellen, was an Australian entertainer, TV pioneer, actor and comedian.
Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (died 1999)
Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimhan MBE, ICS was an Indian Civil Service officer and a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving twenty-two years in the UN.
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Stanley Donald Stookey was an American inventor. He had 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics. His discoveries and inventions have contributed to the development of …
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Vernon Alley was an American jazz bassist.
Vernon Alley, American bassist (died 2004)
Ester Soré was the main singer of Chilean melodies of the 20th century. She recorded for the first time, the successful one "Chile Lindo" ("Pretty Chile"), of Clara Solovera, and d…
Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996)
Herman Wouk was an American author. He published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952…
Herman Wouk, American novelist (died 2019)
Joseph Harold Greenberg was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.
Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and academic (died 2001)
Karl Münchinger was a German conductor of European classical music. He helped to revive the now-ubiquitous Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, through recording it with his Stuttgart C…
Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (died 1990)
Leonard Francis Carney was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Len Carney, English footballer and soldier (died 1996)
Emanuel Hirsch Cohen, better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.
John Randolph, American actor (died 2004)
Alexandru Nicolschi was a Romanian communist activist, Soviet agent and officer, and Securitate chief under the Communist regime. Active until 1961, he was one of the most recogniz…
Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (died 1992)
Walter Arnold Hadlee was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle…
Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
Modibo Keïta was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 b…
Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)
Nils Kihlberg was a Swedish actor, singer and director known for En trallande jänta (1942), Bröderna Östermans huskors (1945) and Det är min musik (1942). He died on 2 April 1965 i…
Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (died 1965)
Leonard Knapp, best known by his primary pseudonym, Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Scien…
Lester del Rey, American science fiction author (died 1993)
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. B…
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Thomas Playford was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia. He subsequently entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for South Australia …
Thomas Playford, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (born 1837)
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good l…
Rupert Brooke, English poet (born 1887)
Frederick William Seward was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served twice as the Assistant Secretary of State. He served as Assistant Secretary from 1…
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John Bunny was an American actor. Bunny began his career as a stage actor, but transitioned to a film career after joining Vitagraph Studios around 1910. At Vitagraph, Bunny made o…
John Bunny, American actor (born 1863)
Ida Frances Hunt Udall was an American diarist, homesteader, and teacher in territorial Utah and Arizona. A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Udal…
Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist (born 1858)