Explore 3060 historical events from 1940–1949.
James Martin Fenton is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry.
James Fenton, English poet, journalist and literary critic
Carlos Bianchi, nicknamed El Virrey, is an Argentine former football player and manager. A prolific goalscorer, although he had a bright career as a forward in Argentina and France…
Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
Albert II was a male rhesus macaque monkey who was the first primate and first mammal to travel to outer space. He flew from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States, t…
Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and f
Television Westerns are programs with settings in the later half of the 19th century in the American Old West, Western Canada and Mexico during the period from about 1860 to the en…
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC
Kochi, formerly known as Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. …
The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized…
The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission (ISMAC) was the United Nations commission for observing the armistice between Israel and Syria after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as part …
The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli…
Jerry Blackwell Jr., better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell, was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenure in the American Wrestling Asso…
Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (died 1995)
Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke, styled The Hon. Mr Justice Cooke, is a former judge in the Queen's Bench in the High Court starting from 2001 and was presiding judge for the South Eastern…
Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle is an American character actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on which he played Captain Jim Brass from…
Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
Bruno Kirby was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, The Godfather Part II, The Freshman, Sleepers, …
Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (died 2006)
Karl Meiler was a tennis player from West Germany who was active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Karl Meiler, German tennis player (died 2014)
Timothy George Hodgkinson is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds, lap steel guitar, and keyboards. He first became known as one of the core m…
Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is a four-engine narrow body aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom. The world's first commercial jet airliner, the…
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
Massimo D'Alema is an Italian politician and journalist who was the 53rd prime minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Fo…
Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance
Philip Mason Garner was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirate…
Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (died 2026)
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese and Timorese politician and diplomat who, since 2017, has served as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations. A member …
António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the
Alan Fred Titchmarsh is an English gardener, author and broadcaster. After working as a professional gardener and a horticultural journalist, he became a radio and television prese…
Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
Alfons Schuhbeck is one of Germany's top chefs, as well as being a restaurateur, celebrity chef, author and businessman.
Alfons Schuhbeck, German celebrity chef, author and businessman
Sir Liam Joseph Donaldson is a British physician. He was formerly the Chief Medical Officer for England, being the 15th occupant of the post since it was established in 1855. As su…
Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
Miuccia Bianchi Prada is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. As of October 2021,…
Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
Zoë Wanamaker is an American-born British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the…
Zoë Wanamaker, American-British actress
Ronald Lee Wyden is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he…
Ron Wyden, American academic and politician
William Martin Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his signature 1973 song of the same name, Joel has had a successful career as a …
Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist