Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wiel…
Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (died 2010)
Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made he…
Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
Hilda Hänchen was a German physicist.
Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (died 2013)
Marjorie Celeste Champion was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress…
Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2020)
Lance Noel Macklin was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952. He was involved in the 1955 …
Lance Macklin, English racing driver and businessman (died 2002)
Philip Stern, also known as Snapdragon, was an American photographer noted for his iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, as well as his war photography while serving as a U.S. Army …
Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer (died 2014)
Joseph Émile Alcide "Butch" Bouchard was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956. He is a member…
Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
Howard Jerome Morris was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated…
Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
Raden Ajeng Kurnianingrat Sastrawinata, more commonly known mononymously as Kurnianingrat, was an Indonesian educator and pioneer of the country's curriculum for teaching English a…
Kurnianingrat, Indonesian educator (died 1993)
Elisabeth Volkenrath was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer and executed war criminal (died 1945)
Wilson Greatbatch was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lem…
Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (died 2011)
Alberic "Briek" Schotte was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek".
Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (died 2004)
Giovanni Luigi "Gianni" Brera was an Italian sports journalist and novelist.
Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (died 1992)
Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". In 1980, she became a professor for Painting at the University of Appl…
Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (died 2014)
Gottfried Dienst was a Swiss association football referee. He was mostly known as the referee of the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.
Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee (died 1998)
James George Snyder Sr., better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS program The NFL Today, Snyder…
Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (died 1996)
Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap was a Dutch composer and the father of actor Lex van Delden.
Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (died 1988)
Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote…
Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (died 2018)
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong Zionist and renowned networker. He was on good terms wi…
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (died 2016)
Deryck Cooke was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.
Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
Gilbert Roche Andrews Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of A…
Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
Olga Lowe was a South African-born British film, stage and television actress. She made her film debut in an uncredited role in the 1949 film Trottie True. Described by The Stage a…
Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
Margaret Kathleen Regan, better known as Kay Medford, was an American actress and singer. For her performance as Rose Brice in the musical Funny Girl and the film adaptation of the…
Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
Heda Margolius Kovály was a Czech writer and translator. As a Jewish woman during the Holocaust, she survived the Łódź Ghetto and Auschwitz where her parents were murdered. She lat…
Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (died 2010)