Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Dana Ivey is an American retired actress. She is known for her work on Broadway, earning the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both S…
Dana Ivey, American actress
David Van Cortlandt Crosby was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and …
David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Constance June Stuart, known professionally as Connie Smith, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as signif…
Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jim Brothers was an American figurative sculptor from the U.S. state of Kansas. He died at the age of 72 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, where he had received hospice care for can…
Jim Brothers, American sculptor (died 2013)
Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich, was an American country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist …
Don Rich, American country musician (died 1974)
Lothar Bisky was a German politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED). In June 2007, he …
Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (died 2013)
Jean Pierre Lefebvre is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers.
Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
John Cootes, nicknamed "the footballing priest", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and Roman Catholic priest. An Austr…
John Cootes, Australian rugby league player, priest, and businessman
Mihalis Papayiannakis was a Greek politician. He was born in Kalamata; his father was executed by the Nazis during World War II. He died on 26 May 2009 after a long battle with can…
Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (died 2009)
David Anthony Brock is an English musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the founder, the sole constant member and the musical focus of the space rock group Hawkwind. Br…
Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Wesley "Boog" Powell is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1961 through 1977, most pr…
Boog Powell, American baseball player
Richard Llewellyn Brooks is an American retired football coach and former player. He was the head coach at the University of Oregon from 1977 to 1994, the St. Louis Rams from 1995 …
Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
Dame Anne Elizabeth Jane Evans, is an international British operatic soprano.
Anne Evans, English soprano and actress
William Herbert Gray III was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. He also served a…
William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 until h…
Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Serbia (died 2006)
Robert Francis Leigh Oakley is a British journalist and writer. From 1992 to 2000 he was political editor at the BBC and from 2000 to 2008 he was European political editor at CNN I…
Robin Oakley, English journalist and author
Joaquín Ramírez Fernández is a Mexican author and retired employee of several sports car racing teams. From 1984 to 2001, Ramírez was coordinator of the McLaren Formula One team, i…
Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager
Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter, radio broadcaster and actress who has had many hit song credits beginning in the 1960s, as both a singer and composer. She was on…
Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He came to prominence as the hea…
Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve is a British philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
Alan Madoc Roberts is an English academic serving as Emeritus professor of Zoology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol.
Alan M. Roberts, English academic, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
Mario Corso was an Italian football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he was regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames…
Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach (died 2020)
Ludwig 'Luggi' Müller was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.
Ludwig Müller, German footballer (died 2021)
Chris Curtis was an English musician. He was best known for being a member the 1960s beat band The Searchers. He originated the concept behind Deep Purple and formed the band in it…
Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (died 2005)