Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Andrew McDonald "Mac" Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the second Carlton player to reach 100 years…
Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (died 2017)
John Thomas Dunlop was an American administrator, labor economist, and educator. Dunlop was the United States Secretary of Labor between 1975 and 1976 under President Gerald Ford. …
John Thomas Dunlop, American administrator and labor scholar (died 2003)
Jyoti Basu was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of the Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and…
Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 2010)
William Clarence Eckstine was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2…
Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (died 1993)
Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (died 1992)
Rempo Urip was an Indonesian film director. He began his career in the theatre, serving as an extra and footballer for the Dardanella theatre company beginning in 1934. After six y…
Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director (died 2001)
Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New …
Viola Desmond, Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist (first Canadian woman on a Canadian banknote) (died…
Mohammad Moin was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian studies.
Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer (died 1971)
Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh, commonly known as Prince Bira of Siam or simply Prince Bira, was a member of the Thai royal family. Bira was also a racing driver, sailor and…
Birabongse Bhanudej, Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the Thai royal family (died 1985)
Akhter Hameed Khan was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi development practitioner and social scientist. He promoted participatory rural development in West Pakistan, East Pakistan and other …
Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (died 1999)
Mario Walter Lippert, better known by his stage name Howard Vernon, was a German-born Swiss actor and photographer. He had an extensive career in French cinema which spanned nearly…
Howard Vernon, Swiss-French actor (died 1996)
Eleanor Steber was an American soprano and voice teacher. She was particularly celebrated for her performances in the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss. A nativ…
Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (died 1990)
Gino Bartali,, nicknamed Gino the Pious and Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'It…
Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (died 2000)
Oscar Heisserer was a French footballer. Born in Schirrhein, Alsace-Lorraine, he played as a midfielder for RC Strasbourg, and appeared for France in the 1938 World Cup, where he s…
Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (died 2004)
Marius Ugo Russo was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1943 and in 1946). He batted right-handed and threw left…
Marius Russo, American baseball player (died 2005)
Dobri Dimitrov Dobrev, better known as Grandpa Dobri, Elder Dobri or The Saint of Bailovo, was a Bulgarian ascetic who walked over 20 kilometres (12 mi) each day to sit or stand in…
Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist (died 2018)
Charilaos Florakis was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (died 2005)
Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardin…
Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (died 2013)
Aleksander Kreek was an Estonian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put. He was the 1938 European champion in the shot put – one of only two Estonian men to achiev…
Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (died 1977)
Nassos Daphnis was a Greek-born American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder.
Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (died 2010)
The Doll Family was an American quartet of sibling entertainers with dwarfism from Stolpen, Germany. They were popular performers in circuses and sideshows in the United States fro…
Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress (died 2004)
Yehuda Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish, was an American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for his flagship busines…
Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2007)
Alan Mossman Waddell was an Australian walker who received national and international media attention for walking every street in over 280 suburbs in Sydney.
Alan Waddell, Australian walker (died 2008)
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Foo…
Woody Strode, American football player and actor (died 1994)