Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace through world state advocate.
Norman Cousins, American editor (Saturday Review) and peace activist (died 1990)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards was an American delta blues guitarist and singer from Mississippi.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, American delta blues guitarist (died 2011)
Philip William Bryce Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme was a British peer and racehorse owner.
Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme, British peer (died 2000)
Cletus Elwood "Boots" Poffenberger was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1937–1939) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1939).
Boots Poffenberger, American baseball pitcher (died 1999)
Nguyễn Văn Linh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. Nguyễn Văn Linh was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader …
Nguyễn Văn Linh, Vietnamese politician (died 1998)
William James Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang …
Willie Dixon, American blues singer-songwriter, bass player, guitarist and producer (died 1992)
Dr. Joseph Ransohoff, II was a member of the Ransohoff family and a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. In addition to training numerous neurosurgeons, his "ingenuity in adapting…
Joseph Ransohoff, American soldier and neurosurgeon (died 2001)
Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, styled Marquess of Douro between 1943 and 1972, was a British peer and army officer. His main residence was Stratfield …
Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier (died 2014)
Timmie Rogers was an American comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor who appeared on many national TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Rogers was one of the first Black com…
Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley was an American magazine editor and socialite. Affectionately known as Babe throughout her life, Paley made notable contributions to the field of mag…
Babe Paley, American socialite (died 1978)
John Youie "Long John" Woodruff was an American middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meter event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
John Woodruff, American runner and commander (died 2007)
Albon Timothy was a Trinidadian jazz and calypso musician and songwriter who played numerous instruments but was best known for his tenor saxophone playing. His most successful hit…
Al Timothy, Trinidadian musician and songwriter (died 2000)
Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall,, "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Se…
Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (died 2004)
Margaret Walker was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance. Her notable works includ…
Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet (died 1998)
Neil David Van Sickle was an American Air Force major general who was the deputy inspector general at Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general (died 2019)
Lowell Edward English was a highly decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He is most noted for his service as assistant…
Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general (died 2005)
David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are tonal or modal. Hi…
David Diamond, American composer and educator (died 2005)
Lee Embree was an American Army staff sergeant and photographer who took the first American air-to-air photographs of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Embree took the p…
Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (died 2008)
Jean Stafford was an American short story writer and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970.
Jean Stafford, American writer (died 1979)
Milton Brent Buckner was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ. He pioneered the parallel chords style that influenced Red Gar…
Milt Buckner, American jazz pianist and Hammond organ pioneer (died 1977)
Leonard George Goodwin CMG FRS was a British protozoologist noted for his work on testing the effectiveness of chemical compounds in treating tropical diseases. He was born in Lond…
Leonard Goodwin, British protozoologist (died 2008)
Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations. H…
Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese author and educator (died 1989)
Albert Ghiorso was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. His research career spanned six decades, from the early 1…
Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic (died 2010)
Lieutenant General Kashmir Singh Katoch, MC was an Indian Army General and military adviser to the Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, officiating as the Chief of Staff of th…
Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer (died 2007)