Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Richard Leland Bare was an American director, producer, and screenwriter of Hollywood movies, television shows and short films.
Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
Fred Davis was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards. He was an eight-times World Snooker Championship winner from 1948 to 1956, and a twice winner of the…
Fred Davis, English snooker player (died 1998)
Paul Dee Dean, nicknamed "Daffy", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Born in Lucas, Arkansas, he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1934–1939), the New Y…
Paul Dean, American baseball player (died 1981)
Menachem Begin was an Israeli politician who founded the political parties Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983.
Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
Makarios III was a Greek Cypriot prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 to 1977 and as the first president of Cyprus between 1960 and Jul…
Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (died 1977)
Hector William Crawford AO, CBE was an Australian entrepreneur, conductor and media mogul, best known for his radio and television production firms. He and his sister Dorothy Crawf…
Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer (died 1991)
William Mark Felt Sr. was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1942 to 1973 and was the informant known as "Deep Throat…
Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2008)
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez was an Argentine racing driver, known best for participating – and for scoring two championship points – in the Formula One World Championship Grand Prix on 18…
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (died 1989)
Preston Rudolph York was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and a first baseman between 1934 and 1…
Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (died 1970)
Romanus Maes was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end. Maes was the 13th child in his family. He st…
Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1983)
Johann Hadjiargyris FRS was a Greek pioneer of computer applications in science and engineering, among the creators of the finite element method (FEM), and later Professor at the U…
John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (died 2004)
Peter Mant MacIntyre Kemp was an English soldier and writer. He became notable for his participation in the Spanish Civil War on the side of Franco's forces and, during World War I…
Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1993)
Richard Simmons was an American actor.
Richard Simmons, American actor (died 2003)
Roger Wolcott Sperry was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, who, together with David H. Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Priz…
Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Leonard Pagliero OBE was Director of the Stationers Association and Chairman of The Kennel Club. During World War II, he served as a pilot for RAF Transport Command. He was also a …
Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (died 2008)
Bruno Pontecorvo was an Italian–Russian nuclear physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. A …
Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)
Charles Snead Houston was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important …
Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (died 2009)
George Robert Crosby was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style ja…
Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (died 1993)
Donald John DeFore was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965,…
Don DeFore, American actor (died 1993)
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Productions, contributi…
Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (died 1973)
William Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most dist…
Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1995)
John J. Dreyfus Jr. was an American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds.
Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (died 2009)
Arthur Lindsay Hassett was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and the Australian national team. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described b…
Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1993)
Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor.
Robert Irving, English conductor and director (died 1991)