Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how…
Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, the box plot and for laying the foun…
John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (died 2000)
Marga Faulstich was a German glass chemist. She worked for Schott AG for 44 years. During this time, she worked on more than 300 types of optical glasses. Forty patents were regist…
Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (died 1998)
David Akeman, better known as Stringbean, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, and semiprofessional baseball player best known for his role as a main cast member …
David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973)
Marcel Cadieux, was a Canadian civil servant and diplomat.
Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981)
Paul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and cappi…
Red Adair, American firefighter (died 2004)
Robert Kanigher was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over t…
Robert Kanigher, American author (died 2002)
Alice Turner Schafer was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.
Alice T
Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram was an American character actor. He was known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the television serie…
Pat Buttram, American actor (died 1994)
Julius "Julie" Schwartz was an American comic book editor and a science fiction agent. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He is best known as a longtime editor at DC Comics, where…
Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (died 2004)
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (died 2002)
Stewart Terence Herbert Young was a British film director and screenwriter who worked in the United Kingdom, Europe and Hollywood. He is best known for directing three James Bond f…
Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (died 1994)
Wilhelm Gliese was a German astronomer who specialized in the study and cataloging of nearby stars.
Wilhelm Gliese, German soldier and astronomer (died 1993)
David Gijsbert van der Linden, known as Dolf van der Linden, was a Dutch conductor of popular music. HIs reputation extended beyond the Netherlands. He was a three-time Eurovision …
Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer (died 1999)
Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam was an American pole vaulter who held the world record between 1940 and 1957. He missed the Olympics due to World War II, and retired from senior compet…
Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2001)
Randolph Henning Hokanson was an American pianist and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. He was noted for his recordings of Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, C…
Randolph Hokanson, American pianist (died 2018)
Thomas Quinn Curtiss was an American writer, and film and theater critic. He is also known for his relationship with author Klaus Mann.
Thomas Quinn Curtiss, American writer, and film and theatre critic (died 2000)
Frances Gabe was an American inventor best known for designing and building what she described as the world's first self-cleaning house, located in Newberg, Oregon. The house used …
Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (died 2016)
Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer. With Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge and William Alfred Fowler, he formulated the theory of stellar nucleos…
Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (died 2001)
Constantino Paul Castellano was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Castellano ran the organization from 1976 u…
Paul Castellano, American gangster (died 1985)
George Haigh was an English professional footballer, mainly known for his association with Stockport County. At the age of 103, he was the oldest surviving former County player, an…
George Haigh, English professional footballer (died 2019)
Charlotte Zolotow was an American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of many books for children. She wrote about 70 picture book texts.
Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (died 2013)
Grace Lee Boggs was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya …
Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (died 2015)
John Alexander Moore was an American zoology professor.
John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (died 2002)