Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New …
Viola Desmond, Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist (first Canadian woman on a Canadian banknote) (died…
Eleanor Steber was an American soprano and voice teacher. She was particularly celebrated for her performances in the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss. A nativ…
Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (died 1990)
Gino Bartali,, nicknamed Gino the Pious and Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'It…
Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (died 2000)
Oscar Heisserer was a French footballer. Born in Schirrhein, Alsace-Lorraine, he played as a midfielder for RC Strasbourg, and appeared for France in the 1938 World Cup, where he s…
Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (died 2004)
Marius Ugo Russo was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1943 and in 1946). He batted right-handed and threw left…
Marius Russo, American baseball player (died 2005)
Dobri Dimitrov Dobrev, better known as Grandpa Dobri, Elder Dobri or The Saint of Bailovo, was a Bulgarian ascetic who walked over 20 kilometres (12 mi) each day to sit or stand in…
Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist (died 2018)
Charilaos Florakis was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (died 2005)
Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardin…
Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (died 2013)
Aleksander Kreek was an Estonian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put. He was the 1938 European champion in the shot put – one of only two Estonian men to achiev…
Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (died 1977)
Nassos Daphnis was a Greek-born American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder.
Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (died 2010)
The Doll Family was an American quartet of sibling entertainers with dwarfism from Stolpen, Germany. They were popular performers in circuses and sideshows in the United States fro…
Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress (died 2004)
Yehuda Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish, was an American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for his flagship busines…
Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2007)
Alan Mossman Waddell was an Australian walker who received national and international media attention for walking every street in over 280 suburbs in Sydney.
Alan Waddell, Australian walker (died 2008)
Virgil Finlay was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of or…
Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (died 1971)
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician who had a 45-year career with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As a reviewer, she re…
Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (died 2015)
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Foo…
Woody Strode, American football player and actor (died 1994)
Cecil Farris Bryant was an American politician serving as the 34th governor of Florida. He also served on the United States National Security Council as director of the Office of E…
C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida (died 2002)
Erskine Ramsay Hawkins was an American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is best remembered for composing the jazz stand…
Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1993)
Ellis Raymond "Old Folks" Kinder was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago White Sox between 1946…
Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (died 1968)
August Sang was an Estonian poet and literary translator. Sang was a member of the Arbujad literary group, which represented a new direction in Estonian poetry before the outbreak …
August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (died 1969)
Carmen Dragon was an American conductor, composer, and arranger who in addition to live performances and recording, worked in radio, film, and television.
Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (died 1984)
Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-…
Irwin Corey, American actor and activist (died 2017)
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1972 to 1980…
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee…
Paul Joseph Christiansen was an American choral conductor and composer. As the youngest son of F. Melius Christiansen, he was brought up into the Lutheran Choral Tradition and quic…
Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (died 1997)