Explore 3063 historical events from 1940–1949.
Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi is a British businessman, and with his brother, Charles, co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi.
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, Iraqi-British businessman, founded M&C Saatchi and Saatchi & Saatchi
Linda Bond served as the 19th General of the Salvation Army. She was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Linda Bond, Canadian 19th General of The Salvation Army
Sheila Clare Hollins, Baroness Hollins, is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Learning Disability at St George's, University of London, and was created a crossbench life peer in t…
Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins, English psychiatrist and academic
Eliades Ochoa Bustamante is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba.
Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Józef Oleksy was a Polish left-wing politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 7 March 1995 to 7 February 1996, when he resigned due to espionage allegations. He was ch…
Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (died 2015)
Sir Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet is an English theatre owner-manager and producer, following a career as a businessman and financial journalist. He manages the St. Martin…
Stephen Waley-Cohen, English journalist and businessman
Julian Hipwood is a British polo player and coach.
Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach
Theodore Tillman Shackelford III is an American actor, known for his roles on television. He played Gary Ewing in the CBS prime time soap operas Dallas and its spin-off Knots Landi…
Ted Shackelford, American actor
David Michael Collenette, PC OOnt is a former Canadian politician. From 1974, until his retirement from politics in 2004, he was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. A graduate…
David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
Ellison Shoji Onizuka was an American astronaut, engineer, and U.S. Air Force flight test engineer from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle…
Ellison Onizuka, American engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)
Allen Glover Lanier was an American musician who played keyboards and guitar. He was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult.
Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)
Ian Richard McDonald was an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson in 1968, as well as the …
Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (died 2022)
Candace Beebe Pert was an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opioid receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins in the brain.
Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (died 2013)
Robert Lynn Asprin was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series MythAdventures and Phule's Company.
Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (died 2008)
Robert Bernard Reich is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served…
Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
Roméo Antonius Dallaire is a retired Canadian politician and military officer who was a senator from Quebec from 2005 to 2014, and a lieutenant-general in the Canadian Armed Forces…
Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician
Bruce Davison is an American actor who has appeared in more than 270 films, television and stage productions since his debut in 1968. His breakthrough role was as Willard Stiles in…
Bruce Davison, American actor and director
David John Duckham MBE was an English rugby union player. He played 36 games for England, in three tests on the 1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and for Barbarians F.C. in th…
David Duckham, English rugby player (died 2023)
Robert Xavier Rodríguez is an American classical composer, best known for his eight operas and his works for children.
Robert Xavier Rodríguez, American classical composer
Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz was a Chilean constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party. In the 1960s, he st…
Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (died 1991)
Gilda Susan Radner was an American actress and comedian.
Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (died 1989)
Ernesto Pérez Balladares González-Revilla, nicknamed El Toro, is a Panamanian politician who was the President of Panama between 1994 and 1999.
Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama
Prince Egon von Fürstenberg was a socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer, and a member of the former German princely family of Fürstenberg.
Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (died 2004)
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja is a Finnish politician and has previously been a member of the Finnish Parliament. From 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015, he served as the minister for foreign …
Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish sergeant and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs