Explore 1717 historical events from 1890–1899.
Billy Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman, lyricist and columnist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with…
Billy Rose, American composer and manager (died 1966)
James Neil Hamilton was an American stage, film and television actor, best remembered for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s. During his motion pi…
Neil Hamilton, American stage, film and television actor (died 1984)
Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during 1918–1938. He was one of the domi…
Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1984)
Bruno Ernst Jacob was a professor at Ripon College in Wisconsin and founder of the National Forensic League. He served as the league's executive secretary from 1925 until his retir…
Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League (died 1979)
Philipp Bouhler was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a Reichsleiter and Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. He was also the SS official responsi…
Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)
James Houston Davis was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and country songs, Davis served as the 47th …
Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)
Anton Koolmann was a wrestler and coach from Kuusalu Parish, Estonia who took part at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)
Hans Swarowsky was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth.
Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975)
Frederick Coutts, CBE was the eighth General of The Salvation Army (1963–1969).
Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (died 1986)
Elsie Comanche Allen was a Native American Pomo basket weaver from the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California in Northern California. She is notable for historically ca…
Elsie Allen, Native American Pomo basket weaver (died 1990)
Thomas Campbell Clark was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States attorney general from 1945 to 1949 and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Sta…
Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (died 1977)
Louise Nevelson was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures. Born in Pereiaslav in the Poltava Governorate of the Ru…
Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (died 1988)
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, born Corneliu Zelinski and commonly known as Corneliu Codreanu, was a fascist Romanian politician, the founder and charismatic leader of the Iron Guard or …
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (died 1938)
Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher and historian of philosophy whose work greatly influenced twentieth-century political theory in the United States and the st…
Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1973)
Sir William Dobell was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century. Dobell won the Archibald Prize, Australia's premier award for portrait artists on three occa…
William Dobell, Australian painter (died 1970)
Elizabeth Margaret Braddock was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liverpool Exchange division from 1945 to 1970. She was a member of…
Bessie Braddock, British politician (died 1970)
Udumalai Narayana Kavi was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Tamil films.
Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1981)
László József Bíró, Hispanicized as Ladislao José Biro, was an Argentine, Hungary-born inventor who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. The first ballp…
László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (died 1985)
Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin was an entrepreneur known for British holiday camps. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin…
Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (died 1980)
Ernest James Haycox was an American writer of Western fiction.
Ernest Haycox, American author (died 1950)
Piero Dusio was an Italian footballer, businessman, racing driver and racing car manufacturer.
Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (died 1975)
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to…
Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
Luis Salvador Efraín Salazar Arrué, known as Salarrué, was a Salvadoran writer, poet, and painter.
Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter (died 1975)
Bernt Balchen was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. A Norwegian native, he later became an American citizen and was a …
Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator (died 1973)