Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newspaper column in 1956. It becam…
Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (died 2013)
Brian James was an Australian radio, stage, television and film actor.
Brian James, Australian actor (died 2009)
Zakaria Mohieddin was an Egyptian military officer, politician who served as the 3rd prime minister of Egypt and head of the first Intelligence body in Egypt, the Egyptian General …
Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian general and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2012)
Kannoth Karunakaran was an Indian politician, political strategist, decision maker and statesman who served as the chief minister of Kerala in 1977, from 1981 to March 1982, from M…
K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2010)
George Rochberg was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Long a serial composer, Rochberg abandoned the technique after his teenage son died in 1964, saying it had…
George Rochberg, American composer and educator (died 2005)
Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot was a British actor. He is best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman Giles French in the CBS-TV sitcom Family Affair (1966–1971). He was also know…
Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (died 1977)
Herman Joseph Fuetsch was an American professional basketball player.
Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player (died 2010)
Francisco Monción was a Dominican-born American ballet dancer and choreographer who was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his long career, spanning s…
Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (died 1995)
Bob Vanatta was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head basketball coach for Central Methodist, Missouri State University, Army, Bradley, …
Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach (died 2016)
Jing Shuping was a Chinese businessman who founded the Minsheng Bank, the first privately owned bank to open in the Communist People's Republic of China, in 1996.
Jing Shuping, Chinese businessman (died 2009)
Paul Burgess Fay Jr. was the Acting United States Secretary of the Navy in November 1963, and a close confidant of President John F. Kennedy.
Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2009)
Irwin Hasen was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the Dondi comic strip. He also had a significant run on DC Comics' original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, in the 19…
Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (died 2015)
Oluf Bernhard Reed-Olsen was a Norwegian resistance member and pilot during World War II. As a resistance member he is best known for the Lysaker Bridge sabotage as well as operati…
Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot (died 2002)
Elizabeth Mary Julia Pirie is best known as a British spy who worked for MI5 from the 1950s through her retirement in the 1990s. She was known to her family as Elizabeth, but as Ju…
Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 (died 2008)
Edward Bonfoy Giller was a United States Air Force (USAF) major general who served as the assistant general manager for military application, United States Atomic Energy Commission…
Edward B. Giller, American Air Force major general (died 2017)
Craig Stevens was an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role on television as private detective Peter Gunn from 1958 to 1961.
Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
Nicolaas Govert "Dick" de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician, noted for his many contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 2012)
Jarl Holger Wahlström was the 12th General of The Salvation Army (1981–86).
Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (died 1999)
Harold Edward James Aldridge was an Australian-British writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fict…
James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (died 2015)
Charles Augustus Stevens Jr. was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (died 2018)
Frank L. Lambert was an American academic who was Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is known for his advocacy of changing the definition of the…
Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (died 2018)
Frederick G. Wacker Jr. was an engineer and former president of two large Chicago companies. He was also a prominent Chicago socialite, a jazz musician, and a racing driver. He par…
Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (died 1998)
Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity. She began writing the "Ask A…
Eppie Lederer, American journalist (Ann Landers) and radio host (died 2002)
Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tom…
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009)