Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Maureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs "The Morning After" from the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure; "We M…
Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986, most notably as an integral member of …
Vida Blue, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Robert Fleming Rankin is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers…
Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator
Randall Wallace is an American screenwriter, film director and producer who came to prominence by writing the screenplay for the historical drama film Braveheart (1995). His work o…
Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and producer
Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress and producer. She played Sgt./Lt./Capt. Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy films and Rhonda Lee on the television series Laverne & Shir…
Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt is an Ecuadorian lawyer, academic and former politician who served the 41st president of Ecuador from 1998 until he was deposed in a coup in 2000. He previo…
Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador
Richard Royall "Duck" Baker IV is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist who plays in a variety of styles: jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk, and Irish and Scottish music. He …
Duck Baker, American guitarist
Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman, DBE, styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Proudman, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge (died 2023)
Ann Leslie Godoff was an American editor and publisher. She was the president of Random House and the founder of Penguin Press.
Ann Godoff, American book editor, publisher and founder of Penguin Press
Simon Frederick St George Kirke is an English musician who was the co-founder, drummer, and only continuous member of the rock supergroup Bad Company. Prior to forming Bad Company,…
Simon Kirke, English drummer
Michael Jackson is an American former professional basketball player. After a collegiate career at the Cal State University Los Angeles where he was an All-Pacific Coast Athletic A…
Mike Jackson, American basketball player
Sir Joseph Alan Meale is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mansfield from 1987 to 2017. He was the longest-standing MP in Mansfield…
Alan Meale, English journalist and politician
Bettina Mary Arndt is an Australian writer and commentator who specialises in sex and gender issues. Starting as a sex therapist, she established her career in the 1970s publishing…
Bettina Arndt, Australian writer and commentator
Kurmanbek Sali uulu Bakiyev is a Kyrgyzstani politician who served as the second president of Kyrgyzstan from 2005 until his removal from office as a result of the Kyrgyz Revolutio…
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
James Dennis Carroll was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film o…
Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (died 2009)
Ray Nettles was a football linebacker at the University of Tennessee who played professional Canadian football from 1972 to 1980. He was a five-time Canadian Football League (FL) A…
Ray Nettles, American football player (died 2009)
James Mackenzie Fallows is an American writer and journalist. He is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times Magazi…
James Fallows, American journalist and author
Bertalan Farkas is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer and fighter pilot. With his flight, Hungary became the seventh nation to be represented in space. Farkas is also th…
Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and cosmonaut
Philip Casnoff is an American actor and director, known for his roles in TV series and on Broadway. He is probably best known for his portrayal of the sadistic, egomaniacal antagon…
Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
War is an American funk/soul/rock band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1969.
B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (died 2021)
Susan Slipman was President of the National Union of Students between 1977 and 1978. She later joined the National Union of Public Employees. Since then she has held a wide range o…
Sue Slipman, English politician
Robert John Riggins, nicknamed "Riggo" and "Diesel", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets…
John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
Adolfo Bresciano, better known by the ring name Dino Bravo, was an Italian Canadian professional wrestler and promoter and alleged organized crime figure.
Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (died 1993)
Walid Kamal Jumblatt is a Lebanese politician who served as the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) from 1977 until 2023. A hereditary leader of the Lebanese Druze and …
Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese journalist and politician