Explore 705 historical events from 1900–1909.
Lucile Ellerbe Godbold was an American track and field athlete. She competed in the long jump and several running and throwing events at the 1922 Women's World Games, also known as…
Lucile Godbold, American athlete (died 1981)
Adelaide Ames was an American astronomer and research assistant at Harvard University. She was best known for her work on detailed surveys of the brightest extra-galactic spiral ne…
Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (died 1932)
Leo Picard, was an Israeli geologist and an expert in the field of hydrogeology.
Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (died 1997)
Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography. He obtained British citizenship in 1946 and spent mo…
Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
Manfred Joshua Sakel was an Austrian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, credited with developing insulin shock therapy in 1927.
Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1957)
Glenn Gray Knoblauch, known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra.
Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1963)
Lena Baker was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was convicted of capital murder of a white man, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Geo…
Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (died 1945)
Fredrick Malcolm Waring Sr. was an American musician, bandleader, choral director, and radio and television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "Th…
Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (died 1984)
Frederick Emmons Terman was an American professor and academic administrator. He was the dean of the school of engineering from 1944 to 1958 and provost from 1955 to 1965 at Stanfo…
Frederick Terman, American engineering professor and academic administrator, nicknamed "the father of Silicon Valley
Ian Hunter was a South African-born British actor of stage, film and television.
Ian Hunter, British Cape Colony actor of stage and film (died 1975)
Ruth Nanda Anshen was an American philosopher, author and editor. She was the author of several books including The Anatomy of Evil, Biography of An Idea, Morals Equals Manners and…
Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (died 2003)
June Walker was an American stage and film actress.
June Walker, American stage and film actress (died 1966)
Gotthard Günther was a German (Prussian) philosopher.
Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (died 1984)
Otto Clarence Luening was a German-American composer and conductor, and flutist. He was an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music.
Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (died 1996)
Martin Ludwig Bormann was a German Nazi Party official, head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, private secretary to Adolf Hitler and a war criminal. Bormann gained immense power by us…
Martin Bormann, German politician (died 1945)
Evelyn Graham Irons was a Scottish journalist, the first female war correspondent to be decorated with the French Croix de Guerre.
Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (died 2000)
Vlasta Adele Vraz was a Czech American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser. She was director of American Relief for Czechoslovakia, and president of the Czechoslovak National Cou…
Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (died 1989)
Maharaja RanaShri Vikramatji Khimojiraj Sahib was the ruler of Princely State of Porbandar belonging to Jethwa Rajput dynasty.
Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (born 1819)
John Luther "Casey" Jones was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi.
Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (born 1864)
Lars Svendsen Oftedal was a Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor. He was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and served as a member of the Sto…
Lars Oftedal, Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (born 1838)
Göran Fredrik Göransson was a Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist. He was the founder of the company Sandvikens Jernverks AB and was the first person to implement the Be…
Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (born 1819)
Jean Gaspard Félix Lacher Ravaisson-Mollien was a French philosopher, 'perhaps France's most influential philosopher in the second half of the nineteenth century'. He was originall…
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (born 1813)
Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential writings on African soc…
Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (born 1862)
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples …
Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)