Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
Tom Drake was an American actor. Drake made films starting in 1940 and continuing until the mid-1970s, and also made TV acting appearances.
Tom Drake, American actor and singer (died 1982)
Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.
Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School (died 2004)
Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer, concert promoter, and founder. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo and the Jazz at the Philha…
Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (died 2001)
Cornelis "Kees" Buddingh' was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator. Amongst others he translated A Clockwork Orange and the complete works of William Shakespeare into Dutch. His …
C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)
Gordon Zahn was an American sociologist, pacifist, professor, and author.
Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (died 2007)
Kermit King Beahan was a career officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the bombardier on the crew flyi…
Kermit Beahan, American Air Force colonel (died 1989)
Giles Stannus Cooper, OBE was an Anglo-Irish playwright and prolific radio dramatist, writing over sixty scripts for BBC Radio and television. He was awarded the OBE in 1960 for "S…
Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright (died 1966)
Albert A. Seedman was an officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for 30 years, known for solving several high-profile cases before resigning as chief of the Detecti…
Albert Seedman, American police officer (died 2013)
Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of…
Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (died 2013)
Sidney Bernstein was an American music promoter, talent manager, and author. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, He…
Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died 2013)
Noor Mohamed Hassanali TC was a Trinidadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second president of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997. A retired high-court judge, he…
Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2006)
Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.
Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
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)
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, whi…
Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)
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)