Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Noor Mohamed Hassanali TC was a Trinidadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second president of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997. A retired high-court judge, he…
Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2006)
Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.
Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Evelyn Felisa Ankers was a British-American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most …
Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (died 1985)
Ike Abrams Quebec was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in t…
Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (died 1963)
Michael John Wise CBE, MC was a British academic who served as a professor of geography at the University of London.
Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (died 2015)
Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston was an American folk singer and songwriter, who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of traveling and recording t…
Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1961)
James George Hunter, known professionally as Jimmy Rowles, was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer. As a bandleader and accompanist, he explored multiple styles includ…
Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1996)
Jacqueline Susann was an American novelist and actress. Her novel Valley of the Dolls (1966) is one of the best-selling books in publishing history. With her two subsequent works, …
Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author (died 1974)
Mary McGrory was an American journalist and columnist. She specialized in American politics, and was noted for her detailed coverage of political maneuverings. She wrote over 8,000…
Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (died 2004)
Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vic…
Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2004)
William Tulip Reay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Reay played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1943 to 1953, winning two Stanley Cups.…
Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was …
Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
Richard Marius Joseph Greene was an English actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he played Robin Hood in the British television series The Adventures of Robin …
Richard Greene, English actor (died 1985)
Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and s…
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)
Jelle Zijlstra was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. He was a member of the Anti-Revolution…
Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)
Leonard Brandt Cole, commonly known as L. B. Cole, was a comic book artist, editor, and publisher who worked during the Golden Age of Comic Books, producing work in various genres.…
L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (died 1995)
Sir Harold Winter Atcherley was a businessman, public figure and arts administrator in the United Kingdom.
Harold Atcherley, English businessman (died 2017)
William Russell Johnson was an American professional baseball player. He was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played in 964 games for the New York Yankees in the 1940s …
Billy Johnson, American baseball player (died 2006)
Theodore Samuel Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for…
Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (died 2002)
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring work…
Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (died 1986)
Allen Stuart Drury was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among oth…
Allen Drury, American journalist and author (died 1998)
Helen Losee Wagner was an American actress.
Helen Wagner, American actress (died 2010)
Paul Harvey Aurandt was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast News and Comment on mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and also his f…
Paul Harvey, American radio host (died 2009)
Gerald Stanley Wilson was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. …
Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (died 2014)