Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Alejandra Soler Gilabert was a Spanish politician and schoolteacher. She also worked for the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017)
Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet from Spain.
Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985)
Paul Antony Gibb was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and Essex, as …
Paul Gibb, English cricketer (died 1977)
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a noted scholar of East Asia, an…
Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966)
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom, known as the Lamb shift. For this w…
Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father.
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (died 2012)
Lloyd Estel Copas, known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also kille…
Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1963)
David Cunningham Garroway was an American radio and television host on NBC. He was the host of Garroway at Large from 1949 to 1951, the founding host and anchor of Today from 1952 …
Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality (died 1982)
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he serv…
Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (died 2006)
Ralph Hammond Innes was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as works for children and travel books.
Hammond Innes, English journalist and author (died 1998)
Abraham Sutzkever was an acclaimed Yiddish poet. The New York Times wrote that Sutzkever was "the greatest poet of the Holocaust."
Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author (died 2010)
Bertrand Goldberg was an American architect and industrial designer, best known for the Marina City complex in Chicago, Illinois, the tallest reinforced concrete building in the wo…
Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (died 1997)
Richard Bernard Skelton was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The R…
Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (died 1997)
Mary Katherine Linaker was an American actress and screenwriter who appeared in many B movies during the 1930s and 1940s, most notably Kitty Foyle (1940). Linaker used her married …
Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter (died 2008)
Francesco Kramer Gorni, known as Gorni Kramer, was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader.
Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1995)
Michael Mackintosh Foot was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune…
Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (died 2010)
Britton Chance was an American biochemist, biophysicist, scholar, and inventor whose work helped develop spectroscopy as a way to diagnose medical problems. He was "a world leader …
Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (died 2010)
Sir Yuet-keung Kan was a Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer who was successively appointed Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in the 196…
Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
George Levick Street III was a submariner in the United States Navy. He received the Medal of Honor during World War II.
George L. Street III, American Navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2000)
Louis F. Darvas was an American artist and sports cartoonist. He received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work.
Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (died 1987)
Erich Priebke was a German mid-level Schutzstaffel (SS) commander in the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) of Nazi Germany. In 1996, he was convicted of war crimes in Italy for commanding …
Erich Priebke, German war criminal, leader of the 1944 Ardeatine massacre (died 2013)
Bryan Aldwyn Hextall was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered one of the top wingers of th…
Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1984)
Reverend Xavier S. Thani Nayagam was a Tamil scholar known for setting up the International Association for Tamil Research (IATR) and organising the first World Tamil Conference. H…
Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (died 1980)
Mel Tolkin was an American television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows during the Golden Age of Television. There he pres…
Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (died 2007)