Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Stanley Joseph McCabe was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander, McCabe was described by Wisden as "one o…
Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (died 1968)
Gordon William Prange was the author of several World War II historical manuscripts which were published by his co-workers after his death in 1980. Prange was a professor of histor…
Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic (died 1980)
Frank Rudolph Emmanuel Olson was an American bacteriologist, biological warfare scientist, and an employee of the United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories (USBWL) who wor…
Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953)
Diptendu Pramanick was an Indian film personality from Kolkata, India. He was the founder secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association, a fraternity of film personnel…
Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (died 1989)
Mamadou Dia was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst …
Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (died 2009)
Vilém Tauský CBE was a Czech conductor and composer. From the advent of the Second World War, he lived and worked in the United Kingdom, and was one of a significant group of émigr…
Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (died 2004)
Ruth Irene Tompson was an American camera technician, animation checker and supercentenarian. She was known for her work on animated features at The Walt Disney Company and was dec…
Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist (died 2021)
Harry Horner was a Czech-born American art director who made a successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar-winning art director and as a feature film and television director. He was…
Harry Horner, American director and production designer (died 1994)
Julien Gracq was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabular…
Julien Gracq, French author and critic (died 2007)
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan, known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress. She is best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version…
Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (died 2016)
Gale Page was an American singer and actress.
Gale Page, American actress (died 1983)
Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia, was a Mexican-born American interiors photographer.
Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (died 2003)
James Henry Govier was a British painter and etcher, who worked in Swansea and East Anglia.
James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (died 1974)
Raymond Alfred Palmer was an American author and magazine editor. Influential in the first wave of science fiction fandom, his first fiction stories were published in 1935.
Raymond A. Palmer, American author and magazine editor (died 1977)
Walter Scharf was an American musician, best known as a film, television and concert composer and arranger/conductor.
Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (died 2003)
Gerta Pohorylle, known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first female photojournalist to have …
Gerda Taro, German war photographer (died 1937)
Roger MacDougall was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and director.
Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Anita Page was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era.
Anita Page, American actress (died 2008)
William Howard Schuman was an American composer and arts administrator.
William Schuman, American composer and educator (died 1992)
Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters. Her work is often associated with Abstract Expressionism and Surrealis…
Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (died 2011)
Bruno Coquatrix was a French record producer, the owner and manager of Olympia in Paris from 1954 until his death in 1979.
Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (died 1979)
Herminio Masantonio was an Argentine football centre-forward. He played most of his career for Huracán and represented Argentina at international level.
Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (died 1956)
Adoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato, was a noted Brazilian São Paulo style samba singer and composer.
Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (died 1982)
Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and editor.
Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)