Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Spyridon "Spyros" Markezinis was a Greek politician, longtime member of the Hellenic Parliament, and briefly the Prime Minister of Greece during the aborted attempt at metapolitefs…
Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000)
William Leonard Pereira was an American architect from Chicago, Illinois, who was noted for his futuristic designs of landmark buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Fra…
William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (died 1985)
Marianne Hoppe was a German theatre and film actress.
Marianne Hoppe, German actress (died 2002)
Arthur Võõbus was an Estonian theologian, orientalist, scholar, author, professor, and church historian.
Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (died 1988)
Frederick Edward McWilliam, was a Northern Irish surrealist sculptor. He worked chiefly in stone, wood and bronze.
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Juliana was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.
Juliana of the Netherlands (died 2004)
Endel Karlovich Puusepp was a Soviet bomber pilot of Estonian origin who completed over 30 nighttime strategic bombing campaigns during World War II. He was a recipient of the Hero…
Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (died 1996)
Lim Bo Seng was a resistance fighter who played a crucial role in the anti-Japanese fund raising and movement in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. Born in Fujian, China, he…
Lim Bo Seng, Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944)
Tom Ewell was an American film, stage and television actor, and producer. His most successful and most identifiable role was that of Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch, a chara…
Tom Ewell, American actor (died 1994)
Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been ca…
Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (died 1990)
Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for po…
Edwin H
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino was a Comanche teacher from Oklahoma. As a child, she won a landmark education judgment against the Cache Consolidated School District of Comanche County,…
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher (died 2005)
Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the fir…
Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (died 1990)
"Mother" Maybelle Carter was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was…
Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (died 1978)
Kenneth Lorin Darby was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor. His film scores were recognized by the awarding of three Academy Awards and one Grammy Award.…
Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (died 1992)
James Neville Mason was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three G…
James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
Clara Solovera was a famous Chilean folk musician and composer. She was Chile's most popular folk music composer in the early 1960s.
Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1992)
Julius Sumner Miller was an American physicist and television personality. He is best known for his work on children's television programs in North America and Australia.
Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic (died 1987)
Frederick Towersey Perry was an English tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1. He won 10 Majors, including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single tit…
Fred Perry, English tennis player and academic (died 1995)
Margaret Brooke Sullavan was an American stage and film actress. She began her career onstage in 1929 with the University Players on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1933, she caught th…
Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (died 1960)
Luigi "Gigi" Villoresi was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.
Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (died 1997)
Sir Nicholas George Winton was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue refugee children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany. Bor…
Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (died 2015)
Robert Neal Dyer OBE was a Gold Logie-award-winning American-born vaudeville entertainer and singer, radio and television personality, and radio and television quiz show host who m…
Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (died 1984)
Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw atte…
Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (died 1988)