Explore 552 historical events from 1890–1899.
Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball player, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardina…
Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1963)
Sir William Hudson was a New Zealand-born engineer who headed construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia from 1949 to 1967, when he…
William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (died 1978)
Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon.
Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (died 1937)
Na Hye-sŏk (Korean: 나혜석, April 28, 1896 – December 10, 1948) was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. Her art name was Jeongwol. She was a pioneering…
Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (died 1948)
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film direc…
Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (died 1963)
Hans List was a technical scientist and inventor and entrepreneur.
Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (died 1996)
Herbert Friedrich Wilhelm Backe was a German politician and SS-Obergruppenführer who served as State Secretary and Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He …
Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (died 1947)
Mark Wayne Clark was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World W…
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Joseph Lawton Collins was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations, one of a few senior American …
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Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon was an Indian academic, independence activist, politician, lawyer, and statesman. Menon contributed to the Indian independence movement and India's …
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Gary D. Davis, known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was an American blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Lauren…
Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (died 1972)
Leutnant Karl Allmenröder was a German World War I flying ace credited with 30 aerial victories. The medical student son of a preacher father was seasoned in the trenches as an 18-…
Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (died 1917)
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatia…
Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (died 1990)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1966)
Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger.
Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (died 1992)
Richard Day was a Canadian art director in the film industry. He won seven Academy Awards and was nominated for a further 13 in the category of Best Art Direction. He worked on 265…
Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (died 1972)
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski was a Croatian composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade.
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic (died 1955)
Eric Natanael Backman was a Swedish long distance runner who had his best achievements at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Eric Backman, Swedish runner (died 1965)
Sydney Bernard Kyte was a British dance band leader and violinist who became known in the 1930s, when he led the resident band at The Piccadilly Hotel in London's West End. Kyte ma…
Sydney Kyte, British bandleader (died 1981)
Henry William Allingham was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, was the v…
Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian (died 2009)
Douglas Campbell was an American aviator and World War I flying ace. He was the first American aviator flying in an American-trained air unit to achieve the status of ace.
Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1990)
Robert Sanderson Mulliken was an American physical chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbit…
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Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS di…
Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (died 1966)
Howard Winchester Hawks was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. The critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director…
Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)