Explore 3061 historical events from 1940–1949.
Achim Warmbold is a German former rally driver. He won the West German Rally Championship in 1971 and 1980, and scored two outright victories during the inaugural World Rally Champ…
Achim Warmbold, German race car driver and manager
Franz Reuther, known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M., and the pop bands No Mercy and Milli Va…
Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer (died 2024)
Lonnie McIntosh, known as Lonnie Mack, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was an early influence in the development of blues rock music, Southern rock music, and r…
Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
Martha Rose Reeves is an American R&B and pop singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored several major Hot …
Martha Reeves, American singer and politician
Florencia Vicenta de Casillas-Martinez Cardona, known by her stage name Vikki Carr, is an American vocalist. She has a singing career that spans more than six decades.
Vikki Carr, American singer and actress
Neelie Kroes is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 22 November 2004 to 1 N…
Neelie Kroes, Dutch politician and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
Donald John Chuy was an American professional football player who played guard for seven seasons for the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Don Chuy, American football player (died 2014)
Periklis Korovesis, also published as Pericles Korovessis, was a Greek author and journalist and a member of the Hellenic Parliament.
Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist (died 2020)
Kurt Raab was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder,…
Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer (died 1988)
Dame Carole Jordan was a British physicist, astrophysicist, astronomer and academic. She was Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow at S…
Carole Jordan, British astrophysicist and the first female president of the Royal Astronomical Society
Estelle Bennett was an American singer. She was a member of the girl group the Ronettes, along with her sister Ronnie and cousin Nedra Talley.
Estelle Bennett, American singer (died 2009)
Vaughn Bodē was an American underground cartoonist and illustrator known for his character Cheech Wizard and his artwork depicting voluptuous women. A contemporary of Ralph Bakshi,…
Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (died 1975)
George Edward Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and bandleader. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective developed an influential and eclectic form of funk mu…
George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer
David Michael Kennedy is an American historian specializing in American history. He is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University and the former d…
David M. Kennedy, American historian and author
Christopher Maurice Andrew is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Cambridge with an interest in international relations and in particular …
Christopher Andrew, English historian and academic
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician who has been serving as the president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Si…
Sergio Mattarella, Italian lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th President of Italy
Sir John Reginald Hartnell Bond is the chairman of Swiss mining company Xstrata. He previously served as chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, spending a total of 45 years with the bank.
John Bond, English banker and businessman
Manuel Charlton was a Scottish musician, record producer and founding member of the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth. He was the band's lead guitarist from 1968 to 1990. He also pr…
Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (died 2022)
Richard Ernest Evans, was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports H…
Richie Evans, American race car driver (died 1985)
Nathaniel Thurmond was an American professional basketball player who spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Wa…
Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (died 2016)
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who, at 14 years old, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers dr…
Emmett Till, African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (died 1955)
Jean Baubérot, is a French historian and sociologist specializing in sociology of religions. He is the founder of the sociology of secularism.
Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
Darlene Wright, known professionally as Darlene Love, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress. She was the lead singer of the girl group the Blossoms and also a solo recordi…
Darlene Love, American singer and actress
Alfred Jesse Smith, known professionally as Brenton Wood, was an American singer and songwriter. Three 1967 singles of Wood's, "The Oogum Boogum Song", "Gimme Little Sign", and "Ba…
Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2025)