Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Cyril Frank Walter was an American café society pianist based in New York City for four decades. Dubbed the "Art Tatum of Park Avenue," he was praised for his extensive repertoire …
Cy Walter, American pianist (died 1968)
Maqbool Fida Husain was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style. One of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' G…
M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (died 2011)
Germán Genaro Cipriano Teodoro Gómez Valdés y Castillo, known as Tin-Tan, was a Mexican actor, comedian and singer, specialized in the musical genre of bolero.
Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (died 1973)
Malik Meraj Khalid was a Pakistani barrister, politician and Marxist philosopher who served as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from 1996 to 1997. He also served as the chi…
Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2003)
Grigory Samuilovich Frid, also known as Grigori Fried, was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chamber opera.
Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (died 2012)
Julius Baker was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players and educators. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral …
Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (died 2003)
Clifford Glenwood Shull was an American physicist.
Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
Vincent Michael "Vince" DeDomenico, Sr. was an American entrepreneur, one of the inventors of Rice-A-Roni, and a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Train.
Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (died 2007)
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American ra…
Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (died 1953)
Oscar Handlin was an American historian. As a professor of history at Harvard University for over 50 years, he directed 80 PhD dissertations and helped promote social and ethnic hi…
Oscar Handlin, American historian and academic (died 2011)
Brenda Marshall was an American film actress.
Brenda Marshall, American actress (died 1992)
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.
Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (died 2003)
Jerome Seymour Bruner was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner …
Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (died 2016)
Charles Edward Williams was the American founder of Williams Sonoma and author and editor of more than 100 books on the subject of cooking. Williams is credited for playing a major…
Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma (died 2015)
Raymond Otto Stark was an American film producer and talent agent. Stark's background as a literary and theatrical agent prepared him to produce some of the most profitable films o…
Ray Stark, American film producer (died 2004)
Carolyn Elizabeth Goodman was an American clinical psychologist who became a prominent civil rights advocate after her son, Andrew Goodman and two other civil rights workers, James…
Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (died 2007)
Humberto Sousa Medeiros was a Portuguese-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. Me…
Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983)
Alice Ingegärd Marianne Timander was a Swedish dentist, but was better known as an entertainer and a Swedish red carpet queen at Stockholm theatre premieres.
Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007)
Clifford Morris Hardin was an American politician who served as the first president of the University of Nebraska. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1969…
Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010)
Belva Plain, née Offenberg, was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction.
Belva Plain, American author (died 2010)
Harry "Sweets" Edison was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trum…
Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
Thomas Llewelyn Jones was a Welsh language author. Over a writing career of more than 50 years, he became one of the most prolific and popular authors of children's books in Welsh.…
T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (died 2009)
Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a …
Terry Frost, English painter and academic (died 2003)
Loris Francesco Capovilla was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and a cardinal. At his death, he was the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop from Italy and the fourth oldest in the…
Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (died 2016)