Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Norman Earl Steenrod was an American mathematician most widely known for his contributions to the field of algebraic topology.
Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic (died 1971)
Sheila Scott Macintyre FRSE was a Scottish mathematician best known for her work on the Whittaker constant. Macintyre is also known for co-authoring a German–English mathematics di…
Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (died 1960)
Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. She is perhaps best remembered for her role in the American horror film Cat People and it…
Simone Simon, French actress (died 2005)
Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere was a scholar, decorated military leader, Māori welfare officer, writer, linguist, and local politician. He served in the Māori Battal…
Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (died 1976)
Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka was a Japanese film producer, best known as the creator of Godzilla. He produced most of the installments in the Godzilla series, beginning in 1954 with God…
Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (died 1997)
Chiang Ching-kuo was a Chinese and Taiwanese statesman and diplomat who served as the president of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1988. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he was…
Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (died 1988)
Samuel Kimball Merwin Jr. was an American mystery fiction writer, editor and science fiction author. His pseudonyms included Elizabeth Deare Bennett, Matt Lee, Jacques Jean Ferrat …
Sam Merwin, Jr
Levi Celerio was a Filipino composer and lyricist who is credited with writing over 4,000 songs. Celerio was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines for Music and Litera…
Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (died 2002)
Raya Dunayevskaya, later Rae Spiegel, also known by the pseudonym Freddie Forest, was the American founder of the philosophy of Marxist humanism in the United States. At one time L…
Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (died 1987)
Josef Allen Hynek was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies underta…
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Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps officer who was killed in action on Betio Atoll in the Gilbert Islands during World War II.
Alexander Bonnyman Jr
Edmund Norwood Bacon was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1…
Edmund Bacon, American urban planner, architect, educator, and author (died 2005)
Norman Lewis Corwin was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest successes were in the writing and direc…
Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (died 2011)
Leo Lionni was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where …
Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (died 1999)
Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records. Williams wro…
Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (died 1981)
Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier was a Surinamese politician who served as the first president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was also the country's last governor-general before indepe…
Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, first President of Suriname (died 2010)
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was an English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for stru…
Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Ne Win was a Burmese general and politician who served as Burma's head of government from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1974; and also as head of state from 1962 to 1981. Ne …
Ne Win, Burmese army general and politician, 4th President of Burma (died 2002)
Constance Cummings CBE was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years. She starred in films such as Movie Crazy (1932) and American Madness (1932).
Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (died 2005)
Ester Boserup was a Danish economist. She studied economic and agricultural development, worked at the United Nations as well as other international organizations, and wrote semina…
Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (died 1999)
Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, playwright and journalist. She is most famous for her work on the Leningrad radio during the city's siege, when she…
Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (died 1975)
Count Higashifushimi Kunihide was the titular head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an extinct branch of the Imperial House of Japan, and a Buddhist monk. He was the youngest brothe…
Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
Alan Melville was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Test matches from 1938 to 1949. He was born in Carnarvon, Northern Cape, South Africa and died at Sabie, Transvaal.
Alan Melville, South African cricketer (died 1983)
Margaret Wise Brown was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called …
Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (died 1952)