Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Abraham Sutzkever was an acclaimed Yiddish poet. The New York Times wrote that Sutzkever was "the greatest poet of the Holocaust."
Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author (died 2010)
Bertrand Goldberg was an American architect and industrial designer, best known for the Marina City complex in Chicago, Illinois, the tallest reinforced concrete building in the wo…
Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (died 1997)
Richard Bernard Skelton was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The R…
Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (died 1997)
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he serv…
Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (died 2006)
Mary Katherine Linaker was an American actress and screenwriter who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably Kitty Foyle (1940). Linaker used her married …
Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter (died 2008)
Francesco Kramer Gorni, known as Gorni Kramer, was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader.
Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1995)
Michael Mackintosh Foot was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune…
Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (died 2010)
Britton Chance was an American biochemist, biophysicist, scholar, and inventor whose work helped develop spectroscopy as a way to diagnose medical problems. He was "a world leader …
Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (died 2010)
Sir Yuet-keung Kan was a Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer who was successively appointed Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in the 196…
Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
George Levick Street III was a submariner in the United States Navy. He received the Medal of Honor during World War II.
George L. Street III, American Navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2000)
Erich Priebke was a German mid-level Schutzstaffel (SS) commander in the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) of Nazi Germany. In 1996, he was convicted of war crimes in Italy for commanding …
Erich Priebke, German war criminal, leader of the 1944 Ardeatine massacre (died 2013)
Louis F. Darvas was an American artist and sports cartoonist. He received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work.
Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (died 1987)
Bryan Aldwyn Hextall was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered one of the top wingers of th…
Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1984)
Reverend Xavier S. Thani Nayagam was a Tamil scholar known for setting up the International Association for Tamil Research (IATR) and organising the first World Tamil Conference. H…
Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (died 1980)
Mel Tolkin was an American television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows during the Golden Age of Television. There he pres…
Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (died 2007)
Robert Wesley Addy was an American actor of stage, television, and film.
Wesley Addy, American actor (died 1996)
Robert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as U.S. Poet Laureate…
Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (died 1980)
Wilbur Norman "Chris" Christiansen was a pioneer Australian radio astronomer and electrical engineer.
Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer (died 2007)
Noah Lindsey Beery was an American actor often specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more f…
Noah Beery Jr., American actor (died 1994)
Kalevi Kotkas was an Estonian-born Finnish athlete, specializing in high jump, discus throw and shot put. He became the first ever European champion in high jump, in 1934 in Turin,…
Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (died 1983)
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of t…
Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
Paul Dupuis was a French Canadian film actor who was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and who performed in British films during the late 1940s. The roles he played were mainly as …
Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (died 1976)
Robert Boden Scheffing was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and front-office executive. Nicknamed "Grumpy", the native of Overland, Missouri, is most often …
Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson was an English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England's first openly gay authors. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial…
Angus Wilson, English author and academic (died 1991)