Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
The Action of 22 September 1914 was an attack by the German U-boat U-9 that took place during the First World War. Three obsolete Royal Navy cruisers of the 7th Cruiser Squadron ma…
A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1,500 sailors.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the…
The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
Boris Christoff was a Bulgarian opera singer, widely considered one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (died 1993)
Edward Twitchell Hall Jr. was an American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. He is remembered for developing the concept of proxemics and exploring cultural and social c…
Edward T
Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemo…
Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946.
Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I : the Ottoman Empire enters the war on the side of the Central Powers.
Claire Martin, was the pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil. She wrote mainly in French. Her novels often have themes of women's liberation and erotic relationships. M…
Claire Martin, Canadian author (died 2014)
Baldev Raj Chopra was a prolific Indian director and producer noted for pioneering the Hindi film industry and television series. He's known for directing notable films, such as Af…
Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (died 2008)
Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement,…
Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (died 2008)
John Felix Vachon was an American photographer. Vachon is remembered most for his photography working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of the New Deal and for con…
John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (died 1975)
Romain Gary, also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a Lithuanian-born French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix…
Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat, film director, aviator (died 1980)
Max Kohnstamm was a Dutch historian and diplomat.
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (died 2010)
Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, proli…
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (died 1993)
John Merrill Knapp was an American musicologist and academic. He was considered an authority on the life and works of George Frideric Handel. Born in New York City, Knapp graduated…
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Harold Hitchcock, born Raymond Hitchcock, was an English visionary landscape artist.
Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (died 2009)
Celestine Sibley was an American newspaper reporter, syndicated columnist, and novelist in Atlanta, Georgia, for nearly sixty years.
Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (died 1999)
Barbara Mary Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist and writer interested in the problems of developing countries. She urged Western governments to share thei…
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981)
Lilli Palmer was a German actress and writer. After beginning her career in British films in the 1930s, she later transitioned to major Hollywood productions, earning a Golden Glob…
Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (died 1986)
Frank Manning was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swin…
Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)