Explore 5072 historical events from 1940–1949.
Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist and guitarist, Burrell is best known for being the vocalist and bassist of King Crimson from 1971 to 1972 and t…
Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (died 2006)
Eric Michael Coonce was the drummer for American rock band The Grass Roots from 1966 to 1972.
Rick Coonce, American drummer (died 2011)
Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer, former NASA astronaut, and a member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Fiona Juliet Stanley is an Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health work, her research into child and maternal health as well as birth disorders such as cerebral palsy…
Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic
James Howe is an American children's writer who has written more than 79 juvenile and young adult fiction books. He is best known for the Bunnicula series about a vampire rabbit th…
James Howe, American journalist and author
Robert John Ayling, also known as Bob Ayling, is a British retired lawyer and businessman who has worked with a variety of high-profile companies and organisations. From 1996 to 20…
Robert Ayling, English businessman
John York Foley is an American bassist and guitarist. He is best known for his work with the Byrds.
John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
Aleksei Turovski is an Estonian zoologist and ethologist, specialising in parasitology and zoosemiotics. In 1973, he graduated from Tartu University with a degree in zoology; since…
Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
Bruce Noel Coslet is an American former professional football player and coach. A tight end, he played for the University of the Pacific and in 1969 debuted with the American Footb…
Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
Shirley Ann Jackson is an African American physicist and the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at the …
Shirley Ann Jackson, American physicist
Rick van der Linden was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but he played in several other bands including most notably Tra…
Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (died 2006)
John Whitaker Straw is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional …
Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Robert John McCarthy MBE is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South …
Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach
Erika Alma Slezak is an American actress, best known for her role as Victoria "Viki" Lord on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1971 through the television final…
Erika Slezak, American actress
Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera is a Catalan politician, member of Together for Catalonia and was Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. Among other responsibilities to …
Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
Allan Holdsworth was a British jazz and rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K., The Tony Williams Lifetime, Pierre M…
Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)
Wiltz Joseph Bethancourt III was an American folk musician.
Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Marinus Gerritsen is a Dutch bassist. Best known for being a founding member of Dutch group Golden Earring, he is also a producer of artists like Herman Brood.
Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bass player
John Wayne Conlee is an American country music singer.
John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
Marilyn vos Savant is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication…
Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
Terence Paul Nutkins was an English naturalist. He appeared in the UK children's programmes Animal Magic, The Really Wild Show, Brilliant Creatures and Growing Up Wild.
Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (died 2012)
Antonio Fargas is an American actor known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation and comedy movies, as well as his portrayal as Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky & Hutch.
Antonio Fargas, American actor
Susan Saint James is an American former actress. She is most widely known for the spy series It Takes a Thief, detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Al…
Susan Saint James, American actress
Thomas Dobbie Thomson Walkinshaw was a British racing car driver from Scotland and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). He was also involved in professional …
Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and businessman (died 2010)