Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, known as Dutch Schultz, was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his fortune in organized crime-related activities,…
Dutch Schultz, American gangster (died 1935)
Ann Harding was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. Harding was a regular on Broadway and on tour in the 1920s. In the 1930s, Harding was one of the…
Ann Harding, American actress and singer (died 1981)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope se…
Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career span…
Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (died 1971.)
Arnulfo Arias Madrid was a Panamanian politician, medical doctor, and writer who served as the President of Panama from 1940 to 1941, again from 1949 to 1951, and finally for 11 da…
Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (died 1988)
Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov was a Soviet mathematician known for his work in group theory. His son, Sergei Novikov, was also a mathematician.
Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1975)
Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experienc…
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
Guy Terrell Bush was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, nicknamed "the Mississippi Mudcat".
Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
John Sherman Cooper was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two full te…
John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 1991)
Eleanor Dark AO was an Australian writer whose novels included Prelude to Christopher (1934) and Return to Coolami (1936), both winners of the Australian Literature Society Gold Me…
Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (died 1985)
Hans Kammler was an SS-Obergruppenführer responsible for Nazi civil engineering projects and its top secret V-weapons program. He oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentra…
Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (died 1945)
James Andrew Rushing was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (died 1972)
Maxwell Davenport Taylor was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat during the Cold War. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101s…
Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (died 1987)
Chen Yi was a Chinese Communist military commander and politician. He served as Mayor of Shanghai from 1949 to 1958 and as Foreign Minister of China from 1958 to 1972. He is one of…
Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (died 1972)
Alfred Horatio Belo was the founder of The Dallas Morning News newspaper in Dallas, Texas, along with business partner George Bannerman Dealey. The company A. H. Belo Corporation, …
Alfred Horatio Belo, American publisher, founded The Dallas Morning News (born 1839)
John Jones Ross was a Canadian politician. Ross served as the seventh premier of Quebec and later as a member of the Senate of Canada.
John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (born 1831)
Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa was a Peruvian army general who served twice as President of Peru.
Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian general, twice President of Peru (born 1825)
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner, he helped establish the South African Republic, was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled…
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (born 1819
Joseph Adolphe Théophile Olivier was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal.
Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (born 1874)
Gaetano Bresci was an Italian anarchist who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy. His experience of working as a young weaver led him to realize he was exploited in the workplace, …
Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (born 1869)
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1875 until his death in 1901. He was also the cofounder of the Sisters of St. Jos…
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (born 1824)
Victor Joseph Auguste D'Hondt was a Belgian lawyer and jurist of civil law at Ghent University. He devised a procedure, the D'Hondt method, which he first described in 1878, for al…
Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (born 1841)
George Leslie Mackay was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary. He was the first Presbyterian missionary to northern Taiwan, serving with the Canadian Presbyterian Mission. Mackay is …
George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (born 1844)
Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher was a German art historian and conservator.
Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (born 1842)