Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick was an American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer.
Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (died 2007)
Elmer, or Elbert, "Skippy" Williams was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger.
Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (died 1994)
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn was an American character actor. Well-known for his highly expressive face, he was rarely cast as a leading actor, although he di…
Keenan Wynn, American actor (died 1986)
David Brown was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley.
David Brown, American journalist and producer (died 2010)
Oscar Boetticher Jr., known as Budd Boetticher, was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph…
Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
Charles Henry Christian was an American swing and jazz guitarist. He was among the first electric guitarists and was a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gain…
Charlie Christian, American guitarist (died 1942)
Sir Rupert James "Dick" Hamer, was an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981, and prior to that, the 18th deputy premier of Victoria fro…
Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (died 2004)
Syed Sibt-e-Hasan was an eminent scholar, journalist and political activist of Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Socialism and Marxism in Pakistan, as well as the …
Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (died 1986)
William Clyde Hitchcock was an American professional baseball infielder, coach, manager and scout. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he was primarily a third baseman, second baseman …
Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2006)
William Selden Todman was an American television producer and personality born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest-running shows with business partner Mark G…
Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (died 1979)
Fiorenzo Angelini was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Rom…
Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
Anne Hébert, was a Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once for poetry.
Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (died 2000)
Alfonso Angel Yangco Ossorio was a Filipino American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental…
Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (died 1990)
Shakeel Badayuni was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi / Urdu language films.
Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1970)
José Manuel Moreno Fernández, nicknamed "El Charro", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for th…
José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1978)
Peter Robert Edwin Viereck was an American writer, poet, and professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1949 for Terror and Decorum, a c…
Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (died 2006)
Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love was an American puppet maker, puppeteer, costume designer, and actor in children's television and on Broadway. He was best known as a designer and b…
Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (died 2008)
Octave John Claes was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britai…
Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (died 1956)
Ioan Dicezare was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. He was born and died in Bucharest.
Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (died 2012)
Edward G. Pinkowski was an American writer, journalist, and historian of Polish descent. He was presented with the Polish American Historical Society's Haiman Award in 1989, and th…
Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (died 2020)
Richard Hofstadter was an American historian and public intellectual. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Rejecting his earlier …
Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (died 1970)
Dominic Mintoff was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to…
Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (died 2012)
Frank Cooper Craighead Jr. and John Johnson Craighead, twin brothers, were American conservationists, naturalists, and researchers who made important contributions to the studies o…
Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)
Wellington Timothy Mara was an American professional football executive. He was the co-owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1959 until his death.…
Wellington Mara, American businessman (died 2005)