Explore 747 historical events from 1910–1919.
Frank Manning was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swin…
Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith was a flying ace of the Second World War in the Royal Air Force. He was the father of Iain Duncan Smith, a Member of Parliament and Leader of the…
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Walter Stacy Keach Sr. was an American actor whose screen career spanned more than five decades.
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Tenzing Norgay, born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirme…
Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (died 1986)
Akinoumi Setsuo , born Nagata Setsuo , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hiroshima. He was the sport's 37th yokozuna.
Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (died 1979)
Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster's roar.
Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (died 2006)
Charles William Post was an American businessman. He was the founder of what became Post Consumer Brands.
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Ida Freund was the first woman to be a university chemistry lecturer in the United Kingdom. She is known for her influence on science teaching, particularly the teaching of women a…
Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (born 1863)
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muck-raking" journalist, and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in…
Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (born 1849)
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving was an English dramatist and actor, and the son of actor Henry Irving. He died along with his wife, Mabel Hackney, in the Empress of Ireland disaste…
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (born 1871)
Ignacio Ponseti, also known as Ignasi Ponsetí i Vives, was a Spanish-American physician, specializing in orthopedics. He was born on 3 June 1914 in Menorca, part of the Balearic Is…
Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (died 2009)
George William Hill was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to…
George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838)
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss…
Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician and philosopher (born 1839)
Sir Henry Seton-Karr was an English explorer, hunter and author and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906.
Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (born 1853)
The Colorado National Guard consists of the Colorado Army National Guard and Colorado Air National Guard, forming the state of Colorado's component to the United States National Gu…
A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Mass
The Franck–Hertz experiment was the first electrical measurement to clearly show the quantum nature of atoms. It was presented on 24 April 1914, to the German Physical Society in a…
The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to
The Protocol of Corfu, signed on 17 May 1914, was an agreement between the representatives of the Albanian Government and the Provisional Government of Northern Epirus, which offic…
Under the Protocol of Corfu, the Principality of Albania officially recognized Northern Epirus as an autonomous self-gov
RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1914 to 1950. She was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland.…
RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City
The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall (241 m) residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Designe…
The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened
Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. Raja Harishchandra feat…
Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film ind
William Sulzer, nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representat…
Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers o…
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot
The Greek–Serbian Alliance of 1913 was signed at Thessaloniki on 1 June 1913, in the aftermath of the First Balkan War, when both countries wanted to preserve their gains in Macedo…
The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War
William Kenneth Carpenter was an American discus thrower. He won the NCAA and AAU titles in 1935 and 1936, becoming the first two-time NCAA champion in a weight throw event from th…
Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach (died 1984)