Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Dufferin "Duff" Roblin was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served as the 14th premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the a…
Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (died 2010)
Richard Allen Boone was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns, including his starring role in the television series Have Gun – Wi…
Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (died 1981)
Jack Richard Horace Karnehm was a British snooker commentator, who was regularly heard on BBC television from 1978 until 1994, and a former amateur world champion at the game of En…
Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2002)
Erik Ortvad was a painter and a creator of many drawings. He debuted as a painter in 1935. He is mostly known for colorful surrealistic paintings.. He also created several hundre…
Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (died 2008)
Helena Rasiowa was a Polish mathematician. She worked in the foundations of mathematics and algebraic logic.
Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (died 1994)
David Easton was a Canadian-born American political scientist. From 1947 to 1997, he served as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (died 2014)
Lucile Jarvis was an American television producer.
Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (died 2020)
Ramblin' Tommy Scott, aka "Doc" Tommy Scott, was an American country and rockabilly musician.
Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray was an English cryptanalyst and numismatist who worked as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Although she did not personall…
Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (died 1996)
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and Socialist politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led…
Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 1999)
Nils Emanuel Karlsson, better known as Mora-Nisse, was a Swedish cross-country skier. Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories…
Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (died 2012)
Claude Seignolle was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and …
Claude Seignolle, French author (died 2018)
Idriz Ajeti was an Albanologist from Kosovo and one of the main researchers and authorities on the Albanian language studies of post World War II. He was involved for a long period…
Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (died 2019)
Aaron Edward Hotchner was an American editor, novelist, playwright, and biographer. He wrote many television screenplays as well as noted biographies of Doris Day and Ernest Heming…
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Ling Yun, born as Wu Peilin (吴沛霖), was a politician of the People's Republic of China, who served as the first Minister of State Security, from June 1983 to September 1985.
Ling Yun, Chinese politician (died 2018)
Susan Hayward was an American actress best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.
Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975)
Lena Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.
Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010)
Wullah Mei Ok Kim, known as Willa Kim, was an American costume designer for stage, dance, and film.
Willa Kim, American costume designer (died 2016)
Don Álvaro Domecq y Díez was born into an aristocratic Spanish sherry family in Jerez, of Cádiz, a province of Andalucia in southwestern Spain.
Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (died 2005)
João Alves Jobin Saldanha was a Brazilian journalist and football manager. He coached the Brazil national football team during the South American Qualifying to the 1970 FIFA World …
João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (died 1990)
Arthur Leslie Lydiard was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the…
Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (died 2004)
Fidel Sánchez Hernández was a Salvadoran military officer, military attaché, and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1967 to 1972 as a member of the National Con…
Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2003)
Pearl Iva Edith Withers was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, best remembered as a replacement player who had long runs in some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest musi…
Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2014)
Leonard James Arrington was an American author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association (MHA). He is known as the "Dean of Mormon History" and "the Father of Mor…
Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (died 1999)