Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Joseph Louis Barrow was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber", Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influe…
Joe Louis, American boxer (died 1981)
Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the…
Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Gul Khan Naseer also known as Malek o-Sho'arā Balochistan ; 14 May 1914 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani politician, poet, historian, and journalist from Balochistan. Most of his…
Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (died 1983)
William Thomas Tutte was an English and Canadian code breaker and mathematician. During the Second World War, he made a fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a…
William Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician (died 2002)
Walter Edward "Turk" Broda was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. A goaltender, Broda played his entire career for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey …
Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972)
John Angus MacLean was a politician and farmer in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 2000)
Norman William "Norrie" Paramor was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor. He is best known for his work with Cliff Richard a…
Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (died 1979)
Robert Norman Thompson was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, to Canadian parents and moved to Canada in 1918 with his family. Rai…
Robert N
Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. Known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art o…
Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (died 1982)
Boris Christoff was a Bulgarian opera singer, widely considered one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (died 1993)
Edward Twitchell Hall Jr. was an American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. He is remembered for developing the concept of proxemics and exploring cultural and social c…
Edward T
Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemo…
Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946.
Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
John Felix Vachon was an American photographer. Vachon is remembered most for his photography working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of the New Deal and for con…
John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (died 1975)
Romain Gary, also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a Lithuanian-born French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix…
Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat, film director, aviator (died 1980)
Max Kohnstamm was a Dutch historian and diplomat.
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (died 2010)
Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, proli…
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (died 1993)
Harold Hitchcock, born Raymond Hitchcock, was an English visionary landscape artist.
Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (died 2009)
Celestine Sibley was an American newspaper reporter, syndicated columnist, and novelist in Atlanta, Georgia, for nearly sixty years.
Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (died 1999)
Lilli Palmer was a German actress and writer. After beginning her career in British films in the 1930s, she later transitioned to major Hollywood productions, earning a Golden Glob…
Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (died 1986)
Barbara Mary Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist and writer interested in the problems of developing countries. She urged Western governments to share thei…
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981)
Frank Manning was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swin…
Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith was a flying ace of the Second World War in the Royal Air Force. He was the father of Iain Duncan Smith, a Member of Parliament and Leader of the…
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Walter Stacy Keach Sr. was an American actor whose screen career spanned more than five decades.
Stacy Keach Sr