Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, OBE was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge. Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that "without the Bailey bridge, we shou…
Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (died 1985)
Josef Schächter was an Austrian rabbi, philosopher and member of the Vienna Circle from 1925 to 1936.
Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994)
Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.
Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (died 1972)
Harold Edgar Clurman was an American theatre director and drama critic. In 2003, he was named one of the most influential figures in U.S. theater by PBS. He was one of the three fo…
Harold Clurman, American director and producer (died 1980)
Nadezhda Sergeyevna Alliluyeva was the second wife of Joseph Stalin.
Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (died 1932)
Charles Brenton Huggins was a Canadian-American surgeon and physiologist known for his work on prostate function, prostate cancer, and breast cancer. Born in Halifax in 1901, Huggi…
Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
Jaroslav Seifert was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich i…
Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Alexandra Adler was an Austrian neurologist and the daughter of psychoanalyst Alfred Adler and Raissa Adler. She has been described as one of the "leading systematizers and interpr…
Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (died 2001)
Robert Bresson was a French filmmaker. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse u…
Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (died 1999)
Gordon Richard James Coventry was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968)
George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and the 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies,…
George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980)
Wilfred Theodore Wemyes, known professionally as Ted Weems, was an American bandleader and musician. Weems's work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (died 1963)
William Samuel Paley was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a sma…
William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (died 1990)
Lanza del Vasto was an Italian poet and nonviolent activist.
Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (died 1981)
Thelma Terry was an American bandleader and bassist during the 1920s and 1930s. She led Terry and Her Playboys and was the first American woman to lead a notable jazz orchestra as …
Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (died 1966)
Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television host, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune…
Ed Sullivan, American television host (died 1974)
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Projec…
Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
Jean Grémillon was a French film director.
Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
John Alton was an American cinematographer of Hungarian-Austrian origin. Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period and won an Academy Award for th…
John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (died 1996)
Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus was a German zoologist and drawer.
Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990)
François Xavier Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. Boucher played the forward position for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the Nationa…
Frank Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)
Eivind Groven was a Norwegian composer and music-theorist. He was from the traditional region of Vest-Telemark and had a background in the folk music of the area.
Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (died 1977)
Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the de…
Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (died 2000)
Alice Mae Lee Jemison was a Seneca political activist and journalist. She was a major critic of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the New Deal policies of its commissioner Joh…
Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)