Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
William Lee was an American playback singer who provided a voice or singing voice in many films, for actors in musicals and for many Disney characters.
Bill Lee, American actor and singer (died 1980)
Consuelo Velázquez Torres, also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez, was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican ballads such as "Bésame …
Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
Charles Van Dell Johnson was an American actor. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star…
Van Johnson, American actor (died 2008)
Frederick Chapman Robbins was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.
Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to offi…
Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 2000)
Gordon Dennis Bashford was a British car design engineer. Bashford played a significant part in the design of most post-war Rover cars, including the Land Rover.
Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (died 1991)
Terence Anthony Harris known as Tony Harris, was a South African sportsman who was the last man to be a dual international of both cricket and rugby union for his country. He repre…
Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1993)
Martha Raye was an American comic actress and singer whose career spanned six decades across film, theater, and television. Her wide smile and energetic comedic style earned her th…
Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (died 1994)
Hélène Baillargeon (1916–1997) was a Canadian singer, actor, and folklorist probably best known as the host of the CBC Television show Chez Hélène from 1959 to 1973.
Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (died 1997)
Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962. Mills published widely in both popular and …
C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962)
John Holbrook Vance was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and mysteries. He wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
Jack Vance, American author (died 2013)
Luther Berryhill Davis was an American playwright and screenwriter. Over a span of 45 years, Davis worked extensively in theater, television and film, but is probably best remember…
Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2008)
Shailendra was an Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most celebrated lyricists of the Indian film industry. Known for his…
Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter (died 1968)
Daniel Louis Schorr was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won…
Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (died 2010)
John Schiller Wold was an American business executive, philanthropist, World War II veteran, and Republican politician from Wyoming. He served a single term in the United States Ho…
John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (died 2017)
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Aust…
Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (died 2014)
Daniel Webster Litwhiler was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1940 to 1951 for the Boston Braves, St. Lo…
Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (died 2011)
Lütfi Ömer Akad was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and academic, who directed movies from 1948 to 1990. In 1949, he debuted as a film director with Vurun Kahpeye an adaptat…
Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (died 2011)
Edward Raymond Stanky was an American professional baseball second baseman, shortstop, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers,…
Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1999)
Frank Shuster, was a Canadian comedian best known as a member of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster, alongside Johnny Wayne. Wayne played to Shuster's straight man.
Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Frank Garvin Yerby was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel The Foxes of Harrow.
Frank Yerby, American novelist (died 1991)
Edwin Milton Sabol was an American filmmaker and the founder of NFL Films. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a contributor, due to his works with NFL Fi…
Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies…
Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (died 1990)
Eric Russell Bentley was a British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator. In 1998, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. He was…
Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)