Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity. She began writing the "Ask A…
Eppie Lederer, American journalist (Ann Landers) and radio host (died 2002)
Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tom…
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009)
Roy Gerald Krenkel, who often signed his work RGK, was an American illustrator who specialized in fantasy and historical drawings and paintings for books, magazines and comic books…
Roy Krenkel, American illustrator (died 1983)
Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1955. Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1952 and …
Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (died 1955)
Ronald Bladen was a Canadian-born American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructi…
Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor (died 1988)
Arthur Laurents was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. With a career spanning seven decades he received numerous accolades including two Tony…
Arthur Laurents, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2011)
Jay Wright Forrester was an American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist. He spent his entire career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entering as …
Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer and systems scientist (died 2016)
Bertram Neville Brockhouse, was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques fo…
Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
Marcia Joan Brown was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecot…
Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
Fredric John Baur Jr. was an American organic chemist and food storage scientist notable for designing the Pringles packaging. Baur filed for a patent for the tubular Pringles cont…
Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (died 2008)
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most not…
Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)