Explore 4729 historical events from 1940–1949.
Wendy Richard was an English actress, best known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on th…
Wendy Richard, English actress (died 2009)
Friedrich "Fritz" Glatz was an Austrian racing driver from Vienna. He raced under the pseudonyms Pierre Chauvet and Frederico Careca as well as a number of others.
Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (died 2002)
Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, and writer. He was best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) a…
Edward Herrmann, American actor (died 2014)
Henry Campbell Liken McCullough was a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland. He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, the Grease Band and Paul McC…
Henry McCullough, Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (died 2016)
William Mayer Flett was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and A…
Bill Flett, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1999)
Masaru Emoto was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. His 2004 book The Hidden Me…
Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (died 2014)
Kay Bailey Hutchison is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, and diplomat who served as the 22nd U.S. permanent representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. …
Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician
Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. was an American singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series of successful singles, notably the million-seller "…
Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
Robert M. Shrum is the director of the Center for the Political Future and the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California, wh…
Robert Shrum, American author and political advisor
Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutio…
Randall Forsberg, American scientist (died 2007)
Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he …
Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
James Stanley McCarty is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Yardbirds and Renaissance. McCarty has performed and recorded as a drummer and occasional singer with the…
Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer
Erika Steinbach is a German right-wing politician. She previously served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2017.
Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician
Peter Hyams is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing the 1977 conspiracy thriller film Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction-thriller Ou…
Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
Sir Michael Philip Jagger is an English musician, songwriter, and film producer known as the lead singer and founder member of the Rolling Stones. Jagger has co-written most of the…
Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Sir Jeremy Quentin Greenstock is a British retired diplomat, active from 1969 to 2004.
Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
Richard William Wright was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all…
Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2008)
David Taylor is an English former professional snooker player. He won the English Amateur Championship 11–6 against Chris Ross in 1968 and the 1968 World Amateur Snooker Championsh…
David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
Henri-François Gautrin is a Quebec politician, professor and physicist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verdun in the Montreal region. He represe…
Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician
Michael Bernard Bloomfield was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost …
Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1981)
William Warren Bradley is an American politician and former professional basketball player. After playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 10 seasons with the New Y…
Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
William John Bennett is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as the third United States secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President…
William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by his stage name Lobo, is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You an…
Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Herbert Monroe Allison Jr. was an American businessman who oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability from 2009…
Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman (died 2013)