Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
General Jean Victor Allard was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He was also the first…
Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (died 1996)
Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Piers served in the RCN from 1932…
Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral (died 2005)
Ralph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host, radio producer, and television producer, best known for his radio-TV game shows Truth or Consequences and reali…
Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (died 2005)
Yitzhak Pundak was an Israeli general, diplomat and politician.
Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician (died 2017)
Joseph Morris was a Canadian trade unionist mostly noted as the president of the Canadian Labour Congress in the 1970s.
Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (died 1996)
Thomas Montgomery Adair was an American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter.
Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery.
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon (died 2005)
Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist, journalist and author. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people.
Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (died 1991)
Françoise Loranger was a Canadian playwright, radio producer, theatrical writer and feminist. She was born in Saint-Hilaire.
Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (died 1995)
Samuel Cohen, known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well …
Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer (died 1993)
Robert Gerald Mondavi was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early …
Robert Mondavi, American winemaker and philanthropist (died 2008)
Paul Julius Oswald Teichmüller was a German mathematician. He made contributions to complex analysis, including the introduction of quasiconformal mappings and differential geometr…
Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician (died 1943)
Helene Emma Madison was an American swimmer. She was a 1932 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter, 400-meter and 4x100-meter freestyle relay, and a former world record-holder.
Helene Madison, American swimmer (died 1970)
Most Venerable Madihe Pannaseeha Mahathera was an eminent Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was the Mahanayaka of Amarapura sect from July 13, 1969, until his death on September 9, 200…
Madihe Pannaseeha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and scholar (died 2003)
Luis Mangalus Taruc was a Filipino political figure and rebel during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s until the end of the Cold War. He was the leader of the Hukbalahap group betwe…
Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist (died 2005)
Sándor Weöres was a Hungarian poet and author.
Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author (died 1989)
William Pierce Rogers was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Attorney General in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenho…
William P
Gustaaf Deloor was a Belgian road racing cyclist and the winner of the first two editions of the Vuelta a España in 1935 and 1936. The 1936 edition remains the slowest winning fini…
Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (died 2002)
Cyril Fletcher was an English comedian, broadcaster, pantomime impresario, actor, gardener and businessman. His catchphrase was "Pin back your lugholes". He was best known for his …
Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
Aimé Fernand David Césaire was an Afro-Martinican French poet, author, and politician. He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature and coined the…
Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician (died 2008)
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes was an English computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored-pro…
Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (died 2010)
Elton Britt was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician, who was best known for his western ballads and yodelling songs.
Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1972)
Philip Guston was a Canadian and American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formall…
Philip Guston, American painter and academic (died 1980)
William Joseph Mosconi was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mosconi is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Between …
Willie Mosconi, American pool player (died 1993)