Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Evelyn Felisa Ankers was a British-American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most …
Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (died 1985)
Ike Abrams Quebec was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in t…
Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (died 1963)
Michael John Wise CBE, MC was a British academic who served as a professor of geography at the University of London.
Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (died 2015)
Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston was an American folk singer and songwriter, who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of traveling and recording t…
Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1961)
James George Hunter, known professionally as Jimmy Rowles, was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer. As a bandleader and accompanist, he explored multiple styles includ…
Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1996)
Jacqueline Susann was an American novelist and actress. Her novel Valley of the Dolls (1966) is one of the best-selling books in publishing history. With her two subsequent works, …
Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author (died 1974)
William Tulip Reay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Reay played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1943 to 1953, winning two Stanley Cups.…
Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
Mary McGrory was an American journalist and columnist. She specialized in American politics, and was noted for her detailed coverage of political maneuverings. She wrote over 8,000…
Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (died 2004)
Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vic…
Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2004)
Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was …
Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
Richard Marius Joseph Greene was an English actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he played Robin Hood in the British television series The Adventures of Robin …
Richard Greene, English actor (died 1985)
Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and s…
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)
Jelle Zijlstra was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. He was a member of the Anti-Revolution…
Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)
Leonard Brandt Cole, commonly known as L. B. Cole, was a comic book artist, editor, and publisher who worked during the Golden Age of Comic Books, producing work in various genres.…
L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (died 1995)
Juho Rikard Merinen was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, …
Jussi Merinen, Finnish politician (born 1873)
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World W…
Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (born 1892)
Charles Jones Soong, also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju, was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a publisher in Shanghai. His children became some of t…
Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (born 1863)
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their contributions to the development of radio. With his …
Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850)
Jüri Vilms was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia. Empowered by Maapäev, the Salvation Committee issued the…
Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1889)
George Coșbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also it…
George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (born 1866)
George Alexander Elmslie was an Australian politician who served as the 25th and shortest serving Premier of Victoria, and the first Labor Premier.
George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
James Gordon Bennett Jr. was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Sco…
James Gordon Bennett, Jr
Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery was a French and American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in both the French Air Force, and later the United States Army…
Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (born 1885)
Ōzutsu Man'emon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture. He was the sport's 18th yokozuna.
Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (born 1869)