Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Pamela Mary Brown was a British actress. For her portrayal of Queen Victoria's mother Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent in Victoria Regina (1961) she was awarded the Primetime Emm…
Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975)
Faye Margaret Emerson was an American film and stage actress and television interviewer who gained fame as a film actress in the 1940s before transitioning to television in the 195…
Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)
James Farl Powers was an American novelist and short story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic…
J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999)
Krystyna Dańko, née Chłond, was a Polish orphan from the town of Otwock, daughter of Karol Chłond – a respected city official in prewar Poland – who was awarded the title of Righte…
Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (died 2019)
Hugh Alexander was an American professional baseball player and scout. He was an outfielder during his brief playing career, but after he suffered a career-ending injury at the age…
Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (died 2000)
Donald Jeffry Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was an American television host. He was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–1990), which were e…
Don Herbert, American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007)
Reginald Smyth was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running Andy Capp comic strip.
Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (died 1998)
Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck-driving country songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to mus…
Red Sovine, "Red" Sovine, American country music singer and songwriter (died 1980)
Andrew Newell Wyeth was an American visual artist and one of the best-known American artists of the middle 20th century. Though he considered himself to be an "abstractionist," Wye…
Andrew Wyeth, American artist (died 2009)
George Robert Acworth Conquest was a British and American historian, poet, and novelist. He was one of the West’s leading Sovietologists during the Cold War and was influential to …
Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (died 2015)
Joan Roberts was an American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943.
Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (died 2012)
Luigi Gorrini, MOVM, was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. During the conflict, he flew with the Corpo A…
Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (died 2014)
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’ mov…
Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (died 2006)
Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan communist politician, revolutionary, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who se…
Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (died 1979)
Louis Boudreau, nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "the Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) …
Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (died 2001)
Phyllis Ada Diller was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, noted for her eccentric stage persona, characterized by her self-deprecating humo…
Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (died 2012)
Ahmet Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who served as the 7th president of Turkey from 1982 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (died 2015)
Christiane Rochefort was a French feminist writer. She was born into a left-wing working class Parisian family; her father joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civi…
Christiane Rochefort, French author (died 1998)
Henri Salvador was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist.
Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (died 2008)
Paul Patrick Streeten was an Austrian-born British economics professor. He was a professor at Boston University, US until his retirement. He has been a distinguished academic worki…
Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (died 2019)
William Warren Scranton was an American Republican Party politician and diplomat. Scranton served as the 38th governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967, and as United States Ambas…
William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2013)
Alan Bernard Gold was the chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1983 to 1992.
Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (died 2005)
Robert Joseph Farnon was a Canadian composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a composer of original works, he was commissioned by film and televis…
Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2005)
John Moroney was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1949 to 1951.
Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (died 1999)