Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
Adrian Nicholas Sherwin-White, FBA was a British academic and ancient historian. He was a fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford and President of the Society for the Pro…
A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and author (died 1993)
Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was Prime Minister of Thailand from 1963 to 1973. Prior to taking office, he supported and initiated military coups and served as Thailand's defence min…
Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2004)
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes, known by the stage name Cantinflas, was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mex…
Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (died 1993)
William Bernbach was an American advertising creative director. He was one of the three founders in 1949 of the international advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB). He direc…
William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (died 1982)
Ernst Friedrich Schumacher was a German-born British statistician and economist who is best known for his proposals for human-scale, decentralised and appropriate technologies. He …
E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (died 1977)
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an …
Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (died 1995)
Karl Martin Sandberger was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a convicted Holocaust perpetrator. He was the commander of Sonderkommando 1a of Einsatzgruppe A, as well …
Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (died 2010)
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in t…
Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (died 2015)
Klára Dán von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first woman t…
Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (died 1963)
Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo, better known by her first married name Maria Ulfah Santoso, was an Indonesian politician and women's rights activist who served as Minister of So…
Maria Ulfah Santoso, Indonesian politician and women's rights activist (died 1988)
Anna Alberdina Antoinette Terruwe was a Dutch Catholic psychiatrist. She discovered emotional deprivation disorder and how obsessive–compulsive disorder could be healed: the "beves…
Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
Elizabeth R. Schwartz was an American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 metres for women.
Betty Robinson, American sprinter (died 1999)
James Vincent Cunningham was an American poet, literary critic and teacher.
J.V. Cunningham, American poet, literary critic, and translator (died 1985)
Otto Oscar Binder was an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books and stories, and comic books. He is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl and for his many scr…
Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (died 1974)
Kathleen Walsh was an English actress, dancer, and screenwriter. Her film career prospered after she met her future husband, film director David Lean, with whom she worked on produ…
Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer (died 2005)
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns was a Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist who served as the fifth secretary general of NATO from 1971 to 1984, being the longest-serving officeho…
Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (died 2002)
Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist military forces to victory …
Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2013)
Sir John Charnley, was an English orthopaedic surgeon. He pioneered the hip replacement operation, which is now one of the most common operations both in the UK and elsewhere in th…
John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon (died 1982)
Edward Brongersma was a Dutch politician and doctor of law. For a number of years he was a member of the Dutch Senate for the Labour Party, and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Com…
Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (died 1998)
Arsenio Rodríguez was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles. I…
Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (died 1970)
Romare Howard Bearden was an American artist, author, and songwriter. He worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils, and collages. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, …
Romare Bearden, American painter and author (died 1988)
William Fisk Harrah was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment.
William F. Harrah, American businessman, founded Harrah's Entertainment (died 1978)
Lill Tschudi was a Swiss artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art.
Lill Tschudi, Swiss artist (died 2004)
Bernard Mammes was an American cyclist. Born in Manhattan, Mammes moved with his family to Rockaway Park, Queens around 1920. His father owned an ice cream parlor, where Mammes wor…
Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant (died 2000)