Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Edgar Louis "Beaver" Laprade was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. The son of Thomas and Edith Laprade, h…
Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
Arthur Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (died 1990)
Douglas Albert Munro was a United States Coast Guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for an act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II. He is the…
Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (died 1942)
Gilles Beaudoin was a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1970 to 1990.
Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (died 2007)
Malcolm David Ross was a captain in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR), an atmospheric scientist, and a balloonist who set several records for altitude and scientific inquiry, …
Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist (died 1985)
Charles Joseph Stevenson was an American racing driver who competed in various disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for winning the AAA National Championship in 1952. Steven…
Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (died 1995)
Kathleen Winsor was an American author. She is best known for her first work, the 1944 historical novel Forever Amber. The novel, racy for its time, became a runaway bestseller eve…
Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (died 2003)
Doris "Dorie" Miller was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class aboard the ba…
Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (died 1943)
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov was a Soviet theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field …
Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021)
Violet Milstead Warren was a Canadian aviator, noted for being the first female Canadian bush pilot and one of only four Canadian women to work in the British Air Transport Auxilia…
Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)
Zhao Ziyang was a Chinese politician. He served as the premier of China from 1980 to 1987, as vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1982, and as the gener…
Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005)
Rurik (Ric) Nordman was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (died 1996)
Anita O'Day was an American singer known for her work in the jazz genre. She was considered an influential jazz vocalist for her ability to keep up with fast-tempo arrangements and…
Anita O'Day, American singer (died 2006)
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician, lawyer, jurist, academic, author, and journalist who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to…
Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2000)
Camilla Ella Williams was an American operatic soprano who performed nationally and internationally. After studying with renowned teachers in New York City, she was the first Afric…
Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (died 2012)
Howard Tracy Hall was an American physical chemist and one of the early pioneers in the research of synthetic diamonds, using a press of his own design.
Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (died 2008)
Manolis Andronikos was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (died 1992)
Frank Piasecki was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored …
Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)
Staff Sergeant James Harley Wallwork DFM was a British soldier and a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved notability as the pilot of the first Horsa glider to land at P…
Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (died 2013)
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British …
Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Beate Uhse-Rotermund was a German pilot, entrepreneur and sex shop pioneer. She was one of a number of female stunt pilots in Germany in the 1930s. During World War II she ferried …
Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (died 2001)
Raoul Rémy was a French professional road bicycle racer.
Raoul Remy, French cyclist (died 2002)
Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran (Persia), and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was considered the "power behind her…
Princess Ashraf of Iran (died 2016)
Frank Bourgholtzer was an American journalist and television correspondent.
Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (died 2010)