Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Luis Alcoriza de la Vega was a Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor.
Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)
Robert Cummin Katter was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1990, representing the National Party. He served as Minister for the Army …
Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician (died 1990)
Frederick Francis "Fred" McCarthy, O.F.S., was an American Franciscan cartoonist, creator of the popular Brother Juniper single-panel comic strip.
Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk (died 2009)
Harold Amos was an American microbiologist. He taught at Harvard Medical School for nearly fifty years and was the first African American department chair of the school.
Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (died 2003)
Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton was an English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate for 1969.
Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1992 to 1999. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), he became an independent politician aft…
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (died 2012)
Ray Charles was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who was best known as organizer and leader of the Ray Charles Singers, who accompanied Perry …
Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2015)
Richard Benjamin Haymes was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob H…
Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer (died 1980)
Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.
Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)
Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout…
Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)
Margot Loyola Palacios was a Chilean folklorist, musician, dancer, and teacher. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of Chile, pioneering folkloric research and …
Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
Władysław Kędra was a Polish pianist.
Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (died 1968)
Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale and the management str…
Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic (died 2007)
Julius "Nipsey" Russell was an American entertainer best known for his appearances as a panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hol…
Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (died 2005)
Lea Gottlieb was an Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman. She immigrated to Israel from Hungary after World War II, and founded the Gottex company.
Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (died 2012)
Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dubli…
Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (died 1997)
Johnny Mantz was an American racecar driver.
Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (died 1972)
Henry Wittenberg was an American New York police officer, coach, competitor and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. He won two Olympic medals in freestyle wrestling, becoming …
Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (died 2010)
Pablita Velarde born Tse Tsan was an American Pueblo artist and painter.
Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (died 2006)
Juho Rikard Merinen was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, …
Jussi Merinen, Finnish politician (born 1873)
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World W…
Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (born 1892)
Charles Jones Soong, also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju, was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a publisher in Shanghai. His children became some of t…
Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (born 1863)
George Coșbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also it…
George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (born 1866)
George Alexander Elmslie was an Australian politician who served as the 25th and shortest serving Premier of Victoria, and the first Labor Premier.
George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)