Explore 1013 historical events from 1910–1919.
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
Robert Frederick Christy was a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and later astrophysicist who was one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project dur…
Robert F
Marco Zanuso was an Italian architect and designer associated with modernism.
Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (died 2001)
Vera Margrethe Gebuhr was a Danish film, television and stage actress. Gebuhr was most noted for her portrayal of the snobbish neurotic head saleswoman Miss Jørgensen in the popula…
Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (died 2014)
Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (died 2009)
Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, also known as Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher. In 1953, he founded Chinmaya Mission, a worldw…
Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (died 1993)
William Owen Chadwick was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. As a leading academic, Chadwick became Dixie Pro…
Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (died 2015)
Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev was a Soviet and Russian military pilot who became a Soviet fighter ace during World War II despite becoming a double amputee.
Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (died 2001)
Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla was an Italian female athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olym…
Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (died 2006)
Dennis Day was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He was of Irish descent.
Dennis Day, American singer and actor (died 1988)
Martinus Bernardus "Tinus" Osendarp was a Dutch sprint runner.
Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter and police officer (died 2002)
Harold Robbins was an American author. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages.
Harold Robbins, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, was an Australian diplomat, the longest-serving Governor of New South Wales and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the …
Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (died 2002)
Robert George Brian Dickson was a Canadian lawyer, military officer and judge who served as the 15th chief justice of Canada from 1984 to 1990 and as a puisne justice of the Suprem…
Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1998)
Giuseppe "Beppe" Tosi was an Italian discus thrower. He won silver medal at the 1946, 1950 and 1954 European championships and 1948 Summer Olympics, every time beaten by the teamma…
Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (died 1981)
Walker Percy, OblSB was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, …
Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (died 1990)
Justin Catayée was a French politician who served in the French National Assembly from 1958 to 1962 and was the founder of the Guianese Socialist Party and fought in World War II. …
Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (died 1962)
Morton Meskin was an American comic book artist best known for his work in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books, well into the late-1950s and 1960s Silver Age.
Mort Meskin, American illustrator (died 1995)
Albert Haanstra was a Dutch director of films and documentaries. His documentary Glass (1958) won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. His feature film Fanfare …
Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Henriette Roosenburg was a Dutch journalist and political prisoner. Her memoir The Walls Came Tumbling Down described her attempts to return to the Netherlands from Germany after b…
Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (died 1972)
Robert Francis Furchgott was an American Nobel Prize winning biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
Robert F
Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and …
Gaylord Nelson, American politician and environmentalist, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (died 2005)
Fernand Leduc was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter and a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene in the 1940s and 1950s. During his 50-year career, Leduc partici…
Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (died 2014)
Sidney George Barnes was an Australian cricketer and cricket writer, who played 13 Test matches between 1938 and 1948. Able to open the innings or bat down the order, Barnes was re…
Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (died 1973)