Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956 through 1958.
Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1995)
Mikhail Georgiyevich Pervukhin was a Soviet politician and an engineer who served as people's commissar for various commissions under Stalin and Khrushchev presidiums.
Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1978)
Björn Berglund was a Swedish stage and film and television actor.
Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (died 1968)
Aarne Edward Juutilainen, nicknamed "Marokon kauhu", was a Finnish army captain who served in the French Foreign Legion in Morocco between 1930 and 1935. After returning to Finland…
Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (died 1976)
Abbott Joseph Liebling was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. His New York Times obituary called him "a critic of the …
A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (died 1963)
Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann was an Israeli scholar of medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry.
Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1981)
Thomas Clement Douglas was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 …
Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 1986)
Enolia Pettigen McMillan was an American educator, civil rights activist, and community leader. She was the first female national president of the NAACP.
Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (died 2006)
Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox, known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer, and dancer.
Anna Neagle, English actress, singer, and producer (died 1986)
Saúl H. Calandra was an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder who competed in the 1928 Olympic games. He was a member of the Argentine team, which won the silver medal in the foot…
Saúl Calandra, Argentine football player (died 1973)
Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who in April 1933 first announced his discovery of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way in the constellation Sagi…
Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer (died 1950)
Constance Campbell Bennett was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930…
Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer (died 1965)
Harvey Morrison Penick was an American professional golfer and coach, who coached many Hall of Fame players. Late in life, he became a best-selling writer. He was inducted into the…
Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (died 1995)
Moss Hart was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director.
Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)
A. K. Golam Jilani was a Bengali revolutionary of the Indian independence movement from the Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka in present-day Bangladesh.
A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)
Cemal Reşit Rey was a Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brot…
Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1985)
Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American professional golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.
Denny Shute, American golfer (died 1974)
Vladimir Peter "Bill" Tytla was a Ukrainian-American animator known for his work during the Golden Age of American animation, in the Walt Disney Productions animation unit, Paramou…
Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (died 1968)
Riho Lahi was an Estonian writer, journalist and cartoonist, probably best known by his fictional character Kihva Värdi.
Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author (died 1995)
George Bubb Dangerfield was a British-born American journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935. He is known primarily for his book The Strange …
George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
Maximilian Kronberger, known familiarly as Maximin, was a German poet and a significant figure in the literary circle of Stefan George.
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (born 1888)
Samuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes tha…
Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (born 1812)
Auguste Molinier was a French historian.
Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (born 1851)
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. He established the city of Jamshedpur.
Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (born 1839)