Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Edward Franciszek Szczepanik was a Polish economist and the last Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile.
Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (died 2005)
Wynonie Harris was an American blues shouter best remembered as a singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952.…
Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist (died 1969)
Humphrey Searle was an English composer and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late Romanticism and modernist serialism, particularly reminiscent of his primary influen…
Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (died 1982)
William Maxwell Robertson was a sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author. He is best remembered for his forty years of tennis coverage on BBC Radio.
Max Robertson, Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (died 2009)
Tasha Tudor was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.
Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (died 2008)
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential actresses in the history of cinema. She won nume…
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (died 1982)
Alice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr., was an American science fiction and fantasy author. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a pen …
James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Bradley Sheldon), American psychologist and science fiction author (died 1987)
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important …
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
Nathan Pritikin was an American inventor, engineer, nutritionist and longevity researcher. He promoted the Pritikin diet, a high-carbohydrate low-fat plant-based diet combined with…
Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (died 1985)
Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, was a British socialite who became a princess of Sweden through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997). As such, she w…
Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (died 2013)
Robert Strassburg was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator. Included among his compositions are numerous musical settings of the poetry of Walt Whitman,…
Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 2003)
Peter Francis Newell was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State U…
Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (died 2008)
Benjamin Aaron was an American attorney, labor law scholar and civil servant. He is known for his work as an arbitrator and mediator, and for helping to advance the development of …
Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (died 2007)
Knut Nystedt was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.
Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (died 2014)
John Len Chatman, known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump bl…
Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1988)
Edward Stewart "Porky" Oliver, Jr. was an American professional golfer. He played on what is now known as the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.
Ed Oliver, American golfer (died 1961)
Franz Josef Strauss was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in dif…
Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (died 1988)
Pedro Reginaldo Lira, was an Argentine Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentine bishop (died 2012)
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez was a Filipino novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Conferred as the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in 1997.
N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (died 1999)
Kiyosi Itô was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of sto…
Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (died 2008)
Eamon Joseph O'Brien, known professionally as Edmond O'Brien, was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he …
Edmond O'Brien, American actor (died 1985)
Anant "Dajikaka" Gadgil was an Indian jeweller, industrialist and writer. He is best known for founding the P. N. Gadgil Jewellers & Company in Pune in 1958.
Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014)
John Lowry Dobson was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known for his ef…
John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)
Fawn McKay Brodie was an American biographer and one of the first female professors of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is best known for Thomas Jef…
Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (died 1981)