Explore 1744 historical events from 1910–1919.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, also known as the Azerbaijan People's Republic, was the first secular democratic republic in the Turkic and Muslim worlds. The ADR was founded b…
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence
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. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J
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. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: U
The Austro-Hungarian Navy or Imperial and Royal War Navy was the naval force of Austria-Hungary. Ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were designated SMS, for Seiner Majestät Schiff.…
The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS mo
The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were i…
The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana
William Franklin Holden was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Pr…
William Holden, American actor (died 1981)
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed.
Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
André Bazin was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist. He started to write about movies in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers…
André Bazin, French critic and theorist (died 1958)
Shinobu Hashimoto was a Japanese screenwriter, director and producer. A frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, he wrote the scripts for critically acclaimed films such as Rashomo…
Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Clifton K. Hillegass was the creator and publisher of CliffsNotes.
Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes (died 2001)
Airmail is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of at least one leg of its journey being by air. Airmail items typically arrive more quickly than surface mail, an…
First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto
Mehmed V Reşâd was the penultimate sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch. He had little influence over government affairs and…
Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
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. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town…
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. It is the 20…
In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171…
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. Major theatres of war included Eu…
World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
Anthony C. "Tony" Mottola was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. He was born in Kearny, New Jersey, and died in Denville.
Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)
Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
Eduard "Eddy" Christiani was a Dutch guitarist, singer, and composer. He was best known for songs like Zonnig Madeira (1938), Ouwe Taaie (1943), Op De Woelige Baren (1948), Kleine …
Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
William Jay Smith was an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
William Jay Smith, American poet and academic (died 2015)
James Barton "Mickey" Vernon was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox (1956–1957), Milwau…
Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's …
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev…
Amalie Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She also proved Noether's first and second theorems, which are fundamental…
Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which…
Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (died 2009)
Graham Payn was a South African-born actor and singer, also known for being the life partner of the playwright Noël Coward. Beginning as a boy soprano, Payn later made a career as …
Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (died 2005)