The 1910s

1911 115 years ago

A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California.

Fraser's Million Dollar Pier was a 20th-century amusement park in Ocean Park, California in the United States. The pier was located between Pier Avenue and Marine Street, in a comm…

A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California.

1911 115 years ago

Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of…

Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin was a Russian statesman who served as the third prime minister and the interior minister of the Russian Empire from 1906 until his assassination in 1911.…

Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of…

1911 115 years ago

Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963)

Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the …

Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963)

1911 115 years ago

Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (died 1996)

Hervé Bazin was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families.

Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (died 1996)

1911 115 years ago

Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist (died 2009)

Lester Rodney was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.

Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist (died 2009)

1911 115 years ago

The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.

RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast…

The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.

1911 115 years ago

Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (died 2011)

Maurice Goldhaber was an American physicist.

Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (died 2011)

1911 115 years ago

Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (died 2000)

Ivan DeBlois Combe was the American inventor of personal-care products, most notably Clearasil and Odor Eaters. In 1949 he established his eponymous company Combe Incorporated in W…

Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (died 2000)

1911 115 years ago

Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician (died 1991)

Kemal Satır was a Turkish physician and politician.

Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician (died 1991)

1911 115 years ago

Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)

Ronald Neame CBE, BSC was an English filmmaker and cinematographer. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (…

Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)

1911 115 years ago

Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2014)

Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos, nicknamed "Connie", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Wa…

Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2014)

1911 115 years ago

George Roth, American gymnast (died 1997)

George Helm Roth was an American gymnast and Olympic champion who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic …

George Roth, American gymnast (died 1997)

1911 115 years ago

Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (died 1986)

Paul Verner was a German communist politician. He joined the communist movement at a young age and went into exile during Adolf Hitler's rule. Verner became a prominent political p…

Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (died 1986)

1911 115 years ago

Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)

Bruno Beger was a German racial anthropologist, ethnologist, and explorer who worked for the Ahnenerbe. In that role he participated in Ernst Schäfer's 1938–1939 expedition to Tibe…

Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)

1911 115 years ago

Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965)

Christiaan David "Chris" Berger was a Dutch athlete, competing in the sprints.

Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965)

1911 115 years ago

Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1999)

Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American writer, playwright, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The …

Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1999)

1911 115 years ago

Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (died 2010)

Andor Arnoldovich Lilienthal was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ten male and female world champions, beating Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl C…

Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (died 2010)

1911 115 years ago

Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (died 1932)

Pritilata Waddedar was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist from Chittagong who was influential in the Indian independence movement. She is often praised as "Bengal's first woman ma…

Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (died 1932)

1911 115 years ago

Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (died 1993)

Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Pérusse des Cars was a best-selling French author of popular novels.

Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (died 1993)

1911 115 years ago

Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)

Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker…

Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)

1911 115 years ago

Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior (died 1997)

Wilhelm Friedrich "Gaius" de Gaay Fortman was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).

Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior (died 1997)

1911 115 years ago

Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1938)

Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later gener…

Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1938)

1911 115 years ago

Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (died 1985)

Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. He achieved major pop…

Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (died 1985)

1911 115 years ago

Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (died 1972)

Charles Biro was an American comic book creator and cartoonist. He created the comic book characters Airboy and Steel Sterling, and worked on Daredevil Comics and Crime Does Not Pa…

Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (died 1972)