Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial…
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (died 1953)
Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod was a Swiss classical tenore di grazia, sometimes placed in the haute-contre category, and music educator known for his performances in international opera, o…
Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (died 2010)
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best-kn…
Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (died 1979)
Professor Kandasamypillai Kanapathypillai was a leading Ceylon Tamil academic, author and head of the Department of Tamil at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya for 18 years.
K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968)
William Wyler was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the most nom…
William Wyler, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1981)
Meyer Lansky was an American organized crime figure associated with gambling operations and illicit finance in the United States, Cuba, and the Caribbean during the mid-20th centur…
Meyer Lansky, American gangster (died 1983)
George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of t…
George Murphy, American actor and politician (died 1992)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was an American diplomat and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate and served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations…
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American colonel and politician, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1985)
Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. An accomplished two-way player, he played as a pitcher and a catcher, …
Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
Brigadier Peter Bevil Edward Acland was a British Army officer.
Peter Acland, English soldier (died 1993)
Kurt Alder was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.
Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (died 1989)
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925.
Samuel Goudsmit, Dutch-American physicist (formulated concept of electron spin) (died 1978)
Günther Anders was a German-born philosopher, journalist and critical theorist.
Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist (died 1992)
Louis Victor Armbruster was an Australian rugby league footballer for New South Wales, Queensland and Australia. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th…
Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league footballer (died 1984)
Jean Rey was a Belgian Liberal politician who served as the second president of the European Commission from 1967 to 1970. He served as European Commissioner for External Relations…
Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (died 1983)
Mary Loretta Philbin was an American film actress of the silent film era, who played Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and Dea in The M…
Mary Philbin, American actress (died 1993)
Alexander Romanovich Luria was a Soviet neuropsychologist, often credited as the father of modern neuropsychology. He developed an extensive and original battery of neuropsychologi…
Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician (died 1977)
Christina Stead was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. Christina Stead was a committed M…
Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (died 1983)
Mary Jessamyn West was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School…
Jessamyn West, American author (died 1984)
Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet.
Chill Wills, American actor (died 1978)
Samudrala Raghavacharya, also known as Samudrala Sr., was an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, director, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. Samudrala …
Samudrala Sr., Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
Leonidas Harris Berry was an American and pioneer in gastroscopy and endoscopy. He served as the president of the National Medical Association from 1965 to 1966.
Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist (died 1995)
Eric Hoffer was an American philosopher and social critic. A moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer wrote ten books over his career and was awarded the Presiden…
Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (died 1983)