Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
James Lee Newberry, nicknamed "Schoolboy", was an American pitcher in the Negro leagues and in the Japanese Pacific League.
Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (died 1983)
George Athan Billias was an American historian.
George Athan Billias, American historian (died 2018)
Donald M. Ashton was an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning English art director most noted for his work on such films as Billy Budd (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (195…
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M. Carl Holman was an American author, poet, playwright, and civil rights advocate. In 1968, Ebony listed him as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans.
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Amala Shankar was an Indian dancer. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and mother of musician Ananda Shankar and dancer Mamata Shankar and sister-in-law of m…
Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse (died 2020)
Joseph P. Lordi was an American law enforcement official who served as the Essex County, New Jersey prosecutor and as the first Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission…
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Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada was a Mexican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mexico and Primate of Mexico(1977–1994). He was made a cardinal in 1979.
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (died 2008)
Major-General Walter Babington "Sandy" Thomas, was a New Zealand-born British Army officer, who served as General Officer Commanding Far East Land Forces from 1970 to 1971. He prev…
Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017)
Juan Blanco was the first Cuban composer to utilize electroacoustics, spatial music and multimedia.
Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (died 2008)
Louis Burton Lindley, better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens took up acting, and appeared in doz…
Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (died 1983)
Lloyd George Richards was a Canadian-American theatre director, and actor. While head of the National Playwrights Conference, he helped cultivate many of the most famous theater w…
Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (died 2006)
Paul Edward Yost was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." He worked for a high-altitude researc…
Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007)
Arnold Meri was a Soviet World War II veteran and the first Estonian Hero of the Soviet Union. After Estonia became independent, he was later charged with genocide for his role in …
Arnold Meri, Estonian colonel (died 2009)
Malik Dohan al-Hassan was an Iraqi politician and academician, who served as Minister of Culture and Information in 1967, headed the Iraqi Bar Association in 2003, and was the Mini…
Malik Dohan al-Hassan, Iraqi politician (died 2021)
Gerald Edward Miller was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He was a commander of the United States Sixth Fleet. He graduated in 1942 from the United States Naval Academy. M…
Gerald E. Miller, American vice admiral (died 2014)
Jean Carolyn Craighead George was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and Newbe…
Jean Craighead George, American author (died 2012)
Cecil O'Bryen Fitz-Maurice, 8th Earl of Orkney was a Scottish peer. He held the subsidiary titles of Viscount of Kirkwall and Baron of Dechmont.
Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (died 1998)
Gerald Waylett Thomas was President Emeritus of New Mexico State University, a veteran of World War II, and an author.
Gerald W. Thomas, American soldier and academic (died 2013)
Ernst Haefliger was a Swiss tenor.
Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator (died 2007)
Edward Kenna, VC was an Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of th…
Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2009)
Raymond Thomas Dowker was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1949 and 1957.
Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer (died 2004)
John Devon Roland Pertwee, known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. His best known television roles included the third incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and…
Jon Pertwee, English actor (died 1996)
Walter Scheel was a German statesman. A former member of the Nazi Party who joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal …
Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany (died 2016)
Pierre Gamarra was a French poet, novelist and literary critic, a long-time chief editor and director of the literary magazine Europe.Gamarra is best known for his poems and novels…
Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (died 2009)