Explore 3063 historical events from 1940–1949.
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often referred by its shortened name as the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Unio…
World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews…
James Joseph Heckman is an American economist and Nobel laureate who serves as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he…
James Heckman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American keyboardist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, and a touring member of Talkin…
Bernie Worrell, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2016)
John Robert "Joe" Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known sin…
Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Frank Boudewijn de Groot is a Dutch singer-songwriter, known for "Welterusten mijnheer de president" (1966).
Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
Keith William Robert Fletcher is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Es…
Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager
Dietrich Markwart Eberhart Mateschitz was an Austrian entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and 49% owner of Red Bull GmbH. In April 2022, Mateschitz's net worth was estimated at US$…
Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (died 2022)
James Stephen Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon an…
Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (died 2007)
Anthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's "Rid…
Tony Visconti, American record producer, musician and singer
Leonard Gordon Goodman was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the British television programme …
Len Goodman, English dancer (died 2023)
Cuba Mark Gooding Sr. was an American singer. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was di…
Cuba Gooding Sr
Jon Bing was a Norwegian writer and law professor at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law (NRCCL), and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Bing was conside…
Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (died 2014)
Robert Geoffrey William Anderson, is a British museum curator and historian of chemistry. He has interests in the history of chemistry, including the history of scientific instrume…
Robert G
Timo Pekka Olavi Siitoin was a Finnish neo-Nazi, Satanist, and occultist.
Pekka Siitoin, Finnish neo-Nazi and Satanist (d
Danny Trejo is an American actor. In his body of work he appears as a character actor. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide.
Danny Trejo, American actor
Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, was a British life peer in the House of Lords. She had a life-long interest in women's rights and Islamic law. She was a professor at the University …
Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, Iranian-English academic and politician (died 2022)
Marcia Blank, known as Marcie Blane, is an American former pop singer known for her 1962 hit song, "Bobby's Girl".
Marcie Blane, American singer
Janet Anne Haradon Dailey was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey. Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more than 300 mil…
Janet Dailey, American author and entrepreneur (died 2013)
John Anthony Flanagan was an Australian fantasy author best known for his medieval fantasy series, the Ranger's Apprentice, and its sister series, the Brotherband Chronicles. Some …
John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author (died 2026)
Russi Taylor was an American voice actress. She was best remembered for voicing the character of Minnie Mouse from 1986 to 2019 and was married to voice actor Wayne Allwine, the vo…
Russi Taylor, American voice actress (died 2019)
George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfi…
George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
David Christopher Kelly was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of…
David Kelly, Welsh scientist (died 2003)
Ulrich Beck was a German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime. His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, ignorance an…
Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (died 2015)
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson is an Irish politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1990 to September 1997. She was the country's first female president. Rob…
Mary Robinson, Irish lawyer and politician, President of Ireland