Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
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)
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)
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)
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is the deadliest female sniper, one of the deadliest snipers in history, with 309 conf…
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (died 1974)
Sumner Gerard Jr. MBE was an American businessman, politician, and diplomat. Born in New York to a prominent family, Gerard attended Groton School and Trinity College, Cambridge. A…
Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat (died 2005)
Eleanor Martha Hadley was an American economist and policymaker. Because of her relatively rare research specialization in Japanese economics, during World War II Hadley was recru…
Eleanor Hadley, American economist and policymaker (died 2007)
Charles Kittel was an American physicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1951 and was professor emeritus from 1978 until his death. He is known f…
Charles Kittel, American physicist (died 2019)
Philip Joseph Cavarretta was an American professional baseball first baseman, outfielder, and manager. He was known to friends and family as "Phil" and was also called "Philibuck",…
Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (died 2010)
Luigi Emilio Rodolfo Bertetti Bianco, better known as Gino Bianco was a racing driver from Brazil. Born in Milan, Italy, he emigrated to Brazil as a child and started racing there.…
Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (died 1984)
Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French professional boxer and world middleweight champion in 1948-1949. He was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest bo…
Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (died 1949)
Laurel Martyn was an Australian ballerina.
Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (died 2013)
John Dann MacDonald was an American writer of novels and short stories. A prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida, he was one of the m…
John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (died 1986)
Lucien Saulnier, was a Canadian politician. He was chair of the Montreal Urban Community during the October Crisis. He was also chairman and chief executive officer of the Société …
Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
Dean Kent Brooks was an American physician and actor. Brooks was the superintendent of Oregon State Hospital for 27 years from 1955 to 1982. He was born in Colony, Kansas.
Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (died 2013)
Jaime Luiz Coelho was a Brazilian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At his death at the age of 97 he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and one of the oldest Brazil…
Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (died 2013)
Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick was an American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer.
Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (died 2007)
Elmer, or Elbert, "Skippy" Williams was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger.
Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (died 1994)
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn was an American character actor. Well-known for his highly expressive face, he was rarely cast as a leading actor, although he di…
Keenan Wynn, American actor (died 1986)
David Brown was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley.
David Brown, American journalist and producer (died 2010)
Oscar Boetticher Jr., known as Budd Boetticher, was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph…
Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
Charles Henry Christian was an American swing and jazz guitarist. He was among the first electric guitarists and was a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gain…
Charlie Christian, American guitarist (died 1942)
Sir Rupert James "Dick" Hamer, was an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981, and prior to that, the 18th deputy premier of Victoria fro…
Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (died 2004)