Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Sir George Albert Shearing was a British jazz pianist and composer who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records.…
George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (died 2011)
Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular "Dead End Kids" movies, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and in th…
Huntz Hall, American actor (died 1999)
Benedict "Ben" Kiely was an Irish writer and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone.
Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (died 2007)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the…
Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (died 2014)
Georgia Gibbs was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs achieved acclaim and notoriety in the mid-1950…
Georgia Gibbs, American singer (died 2006)
Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U…
Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (died 2010)
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American businessman and politician most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, which was founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He rep…
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (died 1990)
Walter Bernstein was an American screenwriter and film producer who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s because of his views on communism. Some of his notab…
Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2021)
Adamantios Androutsopoulos was a lawyer and professor. He held various ministerial posts under the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and was finally appointed interim Prime Ministe…
Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000)
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin was a Soviet mathematician, who made numerous contributions in algebraic topology, geometry, measure theory, probability theory, ergodic theory and entr…
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (died 1984)
Tosia Altman was a courier and smuggler for Hashomer Hatzair and the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) during the German occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II (died 1943)
J. Gordon Edwards was an American entomologist and proponent of the use and safety of the pesticide DDT. He was professor of entomology at San Jose State University for 40 years, a…
J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (died 2004)
Enrique Juan Yañez González , best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was a Mexican professional wrestler. He was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the e…
Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (died 2004)
Niels Viggo Bentzon was a Danish composer and pianist.
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer and pianist (died 2000)
William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to hi…
William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (died 2010)
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party…
George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)
Jacob "Jaap" Rijks was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.
Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (died 2017)
Gerard John Campbell was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and historian who became the president of Georgetown University. Born in Pennsylvania, he entered the Society of Jesus…
Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (died 2012)
Thomas Lee "Pee Wee" Butts was an American baseball player who played in the Negro leagues.
Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (died 1972)
Murray Grand was an American singer, songwriter, lyricist, and pianist best known for the song "Guess Who I Saw Today".
Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was a British electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan MacLeod Cormack for his part in developing th…
Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
Amrita Pritam was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi …
Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author (died 2005)
Oswald Charles Dawson was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Test matches, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948–49 series.
Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (died 2008)
Maurice Ralph Hilleman was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one…
Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (died 2005)