Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
Edward Kenna, VC was an Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of th…
Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2009)
Raymond Thomas Dowker was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1949 and 1957.
Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer (died 2004)
John Devon Roland Pertwee, known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. His best known television roles included the third incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and…
Jon Pertwee, English actor (died 1996)
Walter Scheel was a German statesman. A former member of the Nazi Party who joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal …
Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany (died 2016)
Pierre Gamarra was a French poet, novelist and literary critic, a long-time chief editor and director of the literary magazine Europe.Gamarra is best known for his poems and novels…
Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (died 2009)
Ian Bryce Wallace OBE was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction.
Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (died 2009)
Hau Pei-tsun was a Chinese general and politician who served as the premier of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1993. He was previously the chief of the General Staff of the Repu…
Hau Pei-tsun, 13th Premier of the Republic of China (died 2020)
William Moses Kunstler was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven. Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a boa…
William Kunstler, American defense attorney (defended the Chicago 7) (died 1995)
William Francis Quinn OESSH was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 12th and last governor of the Territory of Hawaii from 1957 to 1959 and the first governor of th…
William F. Quinn, American lawyer (died 2006)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the…
Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (died 2012)
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of…
Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (died 1999)
Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan was an Austrian SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps. She was the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited fr…
Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer and Majdanek concentration camp guard (died 1999)
Choi Kyu-hah was a South Korean politician who served as the fourth president of South Korea from 1979 to 1980. An independent politician, he served as the prime minister under the…
Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (died 2006)
Albert Stubbins was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Beginning his career at Newcastle United, the onset of World War II limited his playing time.
Albert Stubbins, English footballer (died 2002)
Lilia Dale was an Italian film actress.
Lilia Dale, Italian actress (died 1991)
Patricia Paz Maria Medina was a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) and Mr. Arkadin (1955).
Patricia Medina, English-American actress (died 2012)
Miltos Sachtouris was a Greek poet. He was a descendant of Georgios Sachtouris, whose origins were the Island of Ydra. When he was young he abandoned his law studies to follow his …
Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (died 2005)
Ronald Alfred Searle was an English-born Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician who served as the fourth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario from 1976 to 1978.
Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (died 2015)
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, he and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached t…
Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (died 2008)
Jacquemine Francesca Anastasia Charrott Lodwidge (born Jacqueline Lodwidge) (20 July 1919 – 20 February 2012) was an English writer on crime and magic who also worked as an art di…
Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, English writer (died 2012)
Robert Marsden Hope, was a Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and Royal Commissioner on three occasions, most notably the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security.…
Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (died 1999)
Kenneth Samuel Kleinknecht worked for the United States National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics as an engineer and continued at NASA to become a manager of the Mercury, Gemini, …
Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, NASA manager (died 2007)
John W. Winkin Jr. was an American baseball coach, scout, broadcaster, journalist and collegiate athletics administrator. Winkin led the University of Maine Black Bears baseball te…
John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (died 2014)
Virginia Gilmore was an American film, stage, and television actress.
Virginia Gilmore, American actress (died 1986)