Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Jan Murray was an American comedian, actor, and television presenter. He originally made his name on the Borscht Belt and later was known for his frequent television appearances ov…
Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006)
George Sidney was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Viva Las Vegas (1964…
George Sidney, American director and producer (died 2002)
Kenneth Wood was an English engineer, entrepreneur and businessman. He is best known as the founder of the Kenwood Manufacturing Company and for the development of the eponymous K…
Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997)
Chiang Wei-kuo, also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army ge…
Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997)
Joseph Lockard "Lock" Martin Jr. was an American performer afflicted with gigantism. Martin and a twin brother were born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his brother died in ch…
Lock Martin, American actor (died 1959)
Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan fro…
C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (died 2013)
Albert Killian was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader during the big band era.
Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1950)
William Stetson Kennedy was an American author, folklorist and human rights activist. One of the pioneer folklore collectors during the first half of the 20th century, he is rememb…
Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (died 2011)
Otto Djajasoentara, better known as Otto Djaya, was an Indonesian painter. Born to a civil servant, Djaya followed his elder brother Agus into art as a member of the Indonesian Pai…
Otto Djaya, Indonesian painter (died 2002)
Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh, better known as Nanaji Deshmukh, was an Indian social activist and politician. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance.…
Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (died 2010)
Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar was a Saudi Arabian writer, journalist and poet, best known for his works about 20th-century Islamic challenges. Born in Mecca, capital city of Hejazi Has…
Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (died 1991)
Alice Childress was an American novelist, playwright, and actress, acknowledged as "the only African-American woman to have written, produced, and published plays for four decades.…
Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (died 1994)
George Reginald Turner was an Australian writer and critic, best known for the science fiction novels written in the later part of his career. His first science fiction story and n…
George Turner, Australian author and critic (died 1997)
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Russian and Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. His sister Elizabeth, three years his junior, was a vi…
Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)
Anne Sharp was a Scottish coloratura soprano particularly associated with the operas of Benjamin Britten.
Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)
Helge Larsson was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (died 1971)
José López Rega was an Argentine politician who served as Minister of Social Welfare from 1973 to 1975, first under Juan Perón and continuing under Isabel Perón, Juan Perón's third…
José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989)
Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. Dausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benace…
Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Minoru Yasui was an American lawyer from Oregon. Born in Hood River, Oregon, he earned both an undergraduate degree and his law degree at the University of Oregon. He was one of t…
Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995. He was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic, success…
François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (died 1996)
Lieutenant Colonel Boyd David "Buzz" Wagner was an American aviator and the first United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighter ace of World War II.
Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (died 1942)
Pearl Hackney was a British actress. She was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, but spent much of her early life in Liverpool, Lancashire.
Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)
Leon Day was an American professional baseball pitcher, center fielder, and second baseman who spent the majority of his career in the Negro leagues. Recognized as one of the most …
Leon Day, American baseball player (died 1995)
Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type. He…
Ephraim Shay, American engineer, designed the Shay locomotive (born 1839)