Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Betty Garrett was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She originally performed on Broadway, and was then signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She appea…
Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2011)
Rubén González Fontanills was a Cuban pianist. Together with Lilí Martínez and Peruchín he is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s".
Rubén González, Cuban pianist (died 2003)
Jacques Genest was a Canadian physician and scientist. He founded the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and was an emeritus professor at Université de Montréal an…
Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic (died 2018)
René Emilio Barrientos Ortuño was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the 47th president of Bolivia from 1964 to 1965 and 1966 to 1969. During his first term, …
René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (died 1969)
Robie Mayhew Macauley was an American editor, novelist and critic whose literary career spanned more than 50 years.
Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (died 1995)
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary fr…
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (died 2018)
John Russell Deane Jr. was a highly decorated United States Army officer who rose to the rank of general and served as commander of the United States Army Materiel Command.
John R
Haidar Abdel-Shafi was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader. He was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conference of 1991 and served in …
Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007)
Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan was an Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. He was a…
Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (died 2006)
Suleiman Mousa was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid. He wrote up to fifty books of which most prominent are Biography …
Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (died 2008)
Uta Thyra Hagen was a German and American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Ed…
Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator (died 2004)
Gene Barry was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City (1952) and The War of the Wor…
Gene Barry, American actor (died 2009)
Samuel Wanamaker was an American actor and director, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He began his career on Broadway, but spent most of his p…
Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (died 1993)
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd was an Irish actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy …
Richard Todd, Irish-English actor (died 2009)
William Kaye Estes was an American psychologist. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Estes as the 77th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. In …
William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic (died 2011)
John William Charlton Moffat was a Scottish Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, widely credited as the pilot whose torpedo crippled the German battleship Bismarck and author of the bio…
John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot (died 2016)
Beryl Elizabeth Reid was a British actress. She won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Killing of Sister George, the 1980 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performa…
Beryl Reid, English actress (died 1996)
Jüri Järvet, born Georgi Kuznetsov, was an Estonian actor.
Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael often d…
Pauline Kael, American film critic (died 2001)
Antonia Mesina was a 15 year old Italian Roman Catholic and part of Catholic Action. Mesina was murdered in mid-1935 after she attempted to fend off a would-be rapist and suffered …
Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint (died 1935)
Gérard Pelletier was a Canadian politician, diplomat and journalist from Quebec best known for his association with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau that started decades befo…
Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1997)
Vladimir Simagin was a Russian chess grandmaster. He was three times Moscow champion, helped to train Vasily Smyslov to the World Championship, and made many significant contributi…
Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess player and coach (died 1968)
Paolo Soleri was an Italian architect and urban planner. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Ar…
Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (died 2013)
Gower Carlyle Champion was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (died 1980)