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Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
Jüri Järvet, born Georgi Kuznetsov, was an Estonian actor.
Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
The 1910s
Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
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Pauline Kael, American film critic (died 2001)
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)
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Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint (died 1935)
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)
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Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1997)
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)
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Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess player and coach (died 1968)
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)
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Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (died 2013)
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)
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Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (died 1980)
Gower Carlyle Champion was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (died 1980)
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Henri Tajfel, Polish social psychologist (died 1982)
Henri Tajfel was a Polish social psychologist, best known for his pioneering work on the cognitive aspects of prejudice and social identity theory, as well as being one of the foun…
Henri Tajfel, Polish social psychologist (died 1982)
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Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (died 1992)
Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian politician and statesman, and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the…
Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (died 1992)
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Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015)
Albert Francis Molinaro was an American actor. He played Al Delvecchio on Happy Days and Officer Murray Greshler on The Odd Couple. He also appeared in many television commercials,…
Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015)
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Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (died 2003)
Clyde Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) forward, he played college basketball for the Texas Wesleyan Rams for three seasons and led…
Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (died 2003)
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Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (died 2003)
Richard Elliott Neustadt was an American political scientist specializing in the United States presidency. He served as adviser to several presidents. His book Presidential Power h…
Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (died 2003)
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Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (died 1983)
James Lee Newberry, nicknamed "Schoolboy", was an American pitcher in the Negro leagues and in the Japanese Pacific League.
Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (died 1983)
1919
George Athan Billias, American historian (died 2018)
George Athan Billias was an American historian.
George Athan Billias, American historian (died 2018)
1919
Donald M
Donald M. Ashton was an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning English art director most noted for his work on such films as Billy Budd (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (195…
Donald M
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M. Carl Holman was an American author, poet, playwright, and civil rights advocate. In 1968, Ebony listed him as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans.
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Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse (died 2020)
Amala Shankar was an Indian dancer. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and mother of musician Ananda Shankar and dancer Mamata Shankar and sister-in-law of m…
Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse (died 2020)
1919
Joseph P
Joseph P. Lordi was an American law enforcement official who served as the Essex County, New Jersey prosecutor and as the first Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission…
Joseph P
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Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (died 2008)
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada was a Mexican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mexico and Primate of Mexico(1977–1994). He was made a cardinal in 1979.
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (died 2008)
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Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017)
Major-General Walter Babington "Sandy" Thomas, was a New Zealand-born British Army officer, who served as General Officer Commanding Far East Land Forces from 1970 to 1971. He prev…
Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017)
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Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (died 2008)
Juan Blanco was the first Cuban composer to utilize electroacoustics, spatial music and multimedia.
Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (died 2008)
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Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (died 1983)
Louis Burton Lindley, better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens took up acting, and appeared in doz…
Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (died 1983)
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Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (died 2006)
Lloyd George Richards was a Canadian-American theatre director, and actor. While head of the National Playwrights Conference, he helped cultivate many of the most famous theater w…
Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (died 2006)
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Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007)
Paul Edward Yost was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." He worked for a high-altitude researc…
Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007)