Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was an English novelist. In the 1950s, she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessi…
Barbara Pym, English author (died 1980)
Elsie Tu, known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was a British-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member o…
Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (died 2015)
Pedro Julio Mir Valentín was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of…
Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (died 2000)
Conrad Marca-Relli was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been rec…
Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (died 2000)
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political …
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (died 2007)
Benjamin Shapira was an Israeli biochemist.
Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1993)
Risë Stevens was an American operatic mezzo-soprano and actress. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than two decades during the 1940s …
Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress (died 2013)
Patrick Christopher Steptoe CBE FRS was an English obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. Steptoe was responsible with biologist and physiologist Robe…
Patrick Steptoe, English scientist (developed in vitro fertilization) (died 1988)
Vincent Thomas Lombardi was an American professional football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be among the greatest coa…
Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (died 1970)
General Jean Victor Allard was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He was also the first…
Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (died 1996)
Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Piers served in the RCN from 1932…
Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (died 2005)
Ralph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host, radio producer, and television producer, best known for his radio-TV game shows Truth or Consequences and reali…
Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (died 2005)
Yitzhak Pundak was an Israeli general, diplomat and politician.
Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician (died 2017)
Joseph Morris was a Canadian trade unionist mostly noted as the president of the Canadian Labour Congress in the 1970s.
Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (died 1996)
Thomas Montgomery Adair was an American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter.
Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery.
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (died 2005)
Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist, journalist and author. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people.
Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (died 1991)
Françoise Loranger was a Canadian playwright, radio producer, theatrical writer and feminist. She was born in Saint-Hilaire.
Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (died 1995)
Robert Gerald Mondavi was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early …
Robert Mondavi, American winemaker and philanthropist (died 2008)
Paul Julius Oswald Teichmüller was a German mathematician. He made contributions to complex analysis, including the introduction of quasiconformal mappings and differential geometr…
Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician (died 1943)
Helene Emma Madison was an American swimmer. She was a 1932 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter, 400-meter and 4x100-meter freestyle relay, and a former world record-holder.
Helene Madison, American swimmer (died 1970)
Samuel Cohen, known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well …
Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer (died 1993)
Most Venerable Madihe Pannaseeha Mahathera was an eminent Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was the Mahanayaka of Amarapura sect from July 13, 1969, until his death on September 9, 200…
Madihe Pannaseeha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and scholar (died 2003)
Luis Mangalus Taruc was a Filipino political figure and rebel during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s until the end of the Cold War. He was the leader of the Hukbalahap group betwe…
Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist (died 2005)