Explore 1013 historical events from 1910–1919.
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for…
Perry Como, American singer and television host (died 2001)
Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembere…
Studs Terkel, American historian and author (died 2008)
Chen Dayu, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, seal carver and educator.
Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (died 2001)
John Curtis Gowan was a psychologist who studied, along with E. Paul Torrance, the development of creative capabilities in children and gifted populations.
John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (died 1986)
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner was an African American inventor who created an adjustable sanitary belt. to keep menstrual pads securely in place. She has been granted five patents …
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (died 2006)
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Between terms as ANC Secretary-General (1949–1954) and ANC D…
Walter Sisulu, South African politician (died 2003)
Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in Palacios, Texas and lived in Greenville, Texas, for part…
Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (died 1982)
Herbert Charles Brown was an American chemist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with organoboranes.
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Jean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Françaix composed for various genres, and …
Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (died 1997)
John Howard Payne was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th …
John Payne, American actor (died 1989)
Dean Ladrath Rockwell ) was a decorated World War II group commander in the D-Day invasion, an Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling coach, and a college football coach.
Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (died 2005)
János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to hi…
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1989)
Jay Silverheels was a First Nations and Mohawk actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of t…
Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (died 1980)
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades and widely regarded as one of the greatest …
Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Terry Bluford Moore was an American professional baseball center fielder, manager, and coach. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1…
Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995)
Herman Johannes was an Indonesian professor, scientist, politician and National Hero. Johannes was the rector of Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta (1961–1966), Coordinator for …
Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set on the Upper East Side of Manha…
John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)
Ruby Violet Payne-Scott was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy.
Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (died 1981)
Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian novelist and playwright who explored themes of religious experience, personal identity and the conflict between visionary individu…
Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
Julius Axelrod was an American biochemist. He won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler. The Nobel Committee honore…
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
Erich Rudolf Bagge was a German scientist. Bagge, a student of Werner Heisenberg for his doctorate and Habilitation, was engaged in German Atomic Energy research and the German nuc…
Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (died 1996)
Hugh Emrys Griffith was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player", Griffith appeared in more than 100 theatre, film, and television…
Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (died 1980)
Millicent Ellis Selsam was an American children's author.
Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (died 1996)
Joseph Stein was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.
Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (died 2010)