Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)