Explore 830 historical events from 1900–1909.
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. Known for his work on screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who e…
Henry Fonda, American actor (died 1982)
Herbert Ernest Bates, better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer of novels and short stories. His best-known works include Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May and My Un…
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Bodo von Borries in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia) was a German physicist. He was the co-inventor of the electron microscope.
Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (died 1956)
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell was a British journalist, politician, High Anglican churchman and possible Soviet spy, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 194…
Tom Driberg, British politician (died 1976)
George Katsutoshi Nakashima was an American woodworker and architect. In 1983, he accepted the Order of the Sacred Treasure, an honor bestowed by the Emperor of Japan and the Japan…
George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect (died 1990)
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Rus…
Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English actor, theatre director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his seven-decade career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more tha…
Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (died 1994)
Robert Guy Newton was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially …
Robert Newton, English-American actor (died 1956)
Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß, but best known as The Demon of Dachau was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He …
Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (died 1946)
James Walter Braddock was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937.
James J
Raymond James Barbuti was an American football player and sprint runner who won two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Barbuti traveled to Amsterdam…
Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player (died 1988)
James Thevathasan Rutnam (1905-1988) was a Sri Lankan historian, educationalist, writer, and politician.
James T
Samuel “Steve” Broidy was an American executive in the U.S. motion picture industry.
Steve Broidy, American businessman (died 1991)
Arthur Davis was an American animator and director known for his time at the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He was sometimes billed as Art Davis.
Arthur Davis, American animator and director (died 2000)
Eduard Tubin was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer.
Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1982)
Mildred Natwick was an American actress. She won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.
Mildred Natwick, American actress (died 1994)
Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activi…
Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter (died 1984)
Jacques Goddet was a French sports journalist and director of the Tour de France road cycling race from 1936 to 1986.
Jacques Goddet, French journalist (died 2000)
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20…
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author (died 1980)
Frederick Pitt Alderman was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also won the NCAA Championships in 100 yd (91 m) and 2…
Fred Alderman, American sprinter (died 1998)
Rupert Wildt was an American astronomer.
Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (died 1976)
Lynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using woodcuts, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless nove…
Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (died 1985)
Joseph Armand Mondou was a Canadian ice hockey forward with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams; with …
Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)
John Whitney Pickersgill was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s. He w…
Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1997)