Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for his work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on …
Iosif Shklovsky, Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)
George Cashel Stoney was an American documentary filmmaker, educator, and the "father of public-access television." Among his films were Palmour Street, A Study of Family Life (194…
George C. Stoney, American director and producer (died 2012)
Ken Curtis was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the Western television series Gunsmoke.
Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (died 1991)
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.
Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (died 1982)
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland was a British, American and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinematic career spann…
Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (died 2020)
Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Summer Olympics, his only major internat…
Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (died 2010)
Zélia Gattai Amado de Faria was a Brazilian photographer, memoirist, novelist and author of children's literature, as well as a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Gattai w…
Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (died 2008)
John Albert Kundla was an American college and professional basketball coach. He was the first head coach for the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) an…
John Kundla, American basketball player and coach (died 2017)
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American serv…
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (died 2006)
Lívia Rév was a Hungarian classical concert pianist.
Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist (died 2018)
Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He won eight caps for Wales.
Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer (died 2012)
Harold Norse was an American writer who created a body of work using the American idiom of everyday language and images. One of the expatriate artists of the Beat Generation, Norse…
Harold Norse, American poet and author (died 2009)
Donald Ragnvald Christensen was an American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor. He was sometimes credited as "Don Arr".
Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (died 2006)
Jean Rouverol was an American actress, screenwriter and author who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s.
Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (died 2017)
Sir Dean Goffin was one of New Zealand's first prolific Salvation Army composers who composed not only music for the Army but for non-Army bands as well.
Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (died 1984)
Sir Edward Richard George Heath was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975…
Edward Heath, English colonel and politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1970-74 (died 2005)
Judith Jasmin was a journalist from Quebec. Born in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, she was the first woman from Quebec to become a grand reporter.
Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (died 1972)
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American serv…
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (inappropriately known as 'Tokyo Rose') (died 2006)
Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He was a member of the Art Tatum Trio from 1943 to 1944, was a backing musician on recording sessions, and later led his…
Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (died 1989)
Mortimer Maxwell Caplin was an American lawyer and educator, and the founding member of Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered. He served under President John F. Kennedy on the Task Force o…
Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (died 2019)
Hans Maier was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Madioen, Dutch East Indies, he was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the 193…
Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player (died 2018)
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet physicist and researcher whose work focused on quantum electronics. His most famous and well-known works were on opti…
Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
Reginald Alfred Varney was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom On the Buse…
Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (died 2008)
Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party…
Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (died 2014)