Explore 1013 historical events from 1910–1919.
Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body elec…
Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to…
Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician (died 1997)
David Rockefeller was an American economist and investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the …
David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman (died 2017)
John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player—male or female—to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year and complete the Gra…
Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (died 2000)
Nini Arlette Theilade was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.
Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)
Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how…
Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, the box plot and for laying the foun…
John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (died 2000)
Marga Faulstich was a German glass chemist. She worked for Schott AG for 44 years. During this time, she worked on more than 300 types of optical glasses. Forty patents were regist…
Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (died 1998)
Marcel Cadieux, was a Canadian civil servant and diplomat.
Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 1981)
Paul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and cappi…
Red Adair, American firefighter (died 2004)
Robert Kanigher was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over t…
Robert Kanigher, American author (died 2002)
Alice Turner Schafer was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.
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David Akeman, better known as Stringbean, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, and semiprofessional baseball player best known for his role as a main cast member …
David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player (died 1973)
Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram was an American character actor. He was known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the television serie…
Pat Buttram, American actor (died 1994)
Julius "Julie" Schwartz was an American comic book editor and a science fiction agent. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He is best known as a longtime editor at DC Comics, where…
Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (died 2004)
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (died 2002)
Stewart Terence Herbert Young was a British film director and screenwriter who worked in the United Kingdom, Europe and Hollywood. He is best known for directing three James Bond f…
Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (died 1994)
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. B…
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Thomas Playford was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia. He subsequently entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for South Australia …
Thomas Playford, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (born 1837)
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good l…
Rupert Brooke, English poet (born 1887)
Frederick William Seward was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served twice as the Assistant Secretary of State. He served as Assistant Secretary from 1…
Frederick W
John Bunny was an American actor. Bunny began his career as a stage actor, but transitioned to a film career after joining Vitagraph Studios around 1910. At Vitagraph, Bunny made o…
John Bunny, American actor (born 1863)
Ida Frances Hunt Udall was an American diarist, homesteader, and teacher in territorial Utah and Arizona. A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Udal…
Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist (born 1858)
John Labatt was a Canadian businessman and brewer. Labatt took charge of Labatt Brewing Company, formally known as Labatt and Company, after his father's death in 1866. Labatt help…
John Labatt, Canadian businessman (born 1838)