Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Harry David Brecheen, known as "Harry the Cat", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and S…
Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (died 2004)
Raymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neu…
Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Alexis Rannit was an Estonian poet, critic and literature researcher.
Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic (died 1985)
Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for almost 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-ser…
Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (died 2007)
Juanita Moore was an American film, television, and stage actress.
Juanita Moore, American actress (died 2014)
Charles Craig Cannon was a United States Army officer who served as Aide-de-camp to General Dwight D. Eisenhower following the conclusion of World War II.
Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)
František Čapek was a Czech sprint canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Ol…
František Čapek, Czech canoeist (died 2008)
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the …
John Berryman, American poet and scholar (died 1972)
Jerome "Jerry" Siegel was an American comic book writer. He was the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics. They also created …
Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996)
Raymond Lambert was a Swiss mountaineer who together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached an altitude of 8611 metres of Mount Everest, as part of a Swiss Expedition in May 1952. At t…
Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (died 1997)
Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the …
Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2006)
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and…
Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (died 2010)
Lakshmi Sahgal was an Indian politician and activist. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army (INA), and the Minister of…
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012)
John Leslie Coogan was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. Coogan's title role in Charlie Chaplin's film The Kid (1921) made …
Jackie Coogan, American actor and director (died 1984)
Ahmet Kireççi, also known as Ahmet Mersinli, was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling…
Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler (died 1979)
Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City Col…
Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
Richard Laurence Millington Synge was an English biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Archer Martin.
Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play…
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright (died 1953)
Glenn Robert Davis was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsi…
Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
Patriarch Maxim (Maximus) was the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 1971 until his death.
Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (died 2012)
Richard E Holz, was an American brass band composer, served as Chaplain to the U.S. Army Air Forces in New Guinea, Philippines and Japan. He married Ruby Walker in 1941. After the …
Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer (died 1986)
Joseph Leabua Jonathan was the first prime minister of Lesotho. He succeeded Chief Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane following a by-election and held that post from 1965 to 1986.
Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)
Anna Wing was a British actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for playing Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Anna Wing, English actress (died 2013)
George William Hill was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to…
George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838)