Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Bruno Pontecorvo was an Italian–Russian nuclear physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. A …
Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)
George Robert Crosby was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style ja…
Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (died 1993)
Charles Snead Houston was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important …
Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (died 2009)
Donald John DeFore was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965,…
Don DeFore, American actor (died 1993)
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Productions, contributi…
Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (died 1973)
William Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most dist…
Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1995)
John J. Dreyfus Jr. was an American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds.
Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (died 2009)
Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor.
Robert Irving, English conductor and director (died 1991)
John Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields. He was born in Epsom, Surrey, England to middle-class parents, …
Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (died 1996)
Richard Tucker was an American operatic tenor and cantor. Long associated with the Metropolitan Opera, Tucker's career was primarily centered in the United States.
Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (died 1975)
Joseph-Alfred Archambeault was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop in Canada. He was the first bishop of Joliette, Quebec.
Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (born 1859)
Arthur Lindsay Hassett was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and the Australian national team. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described b…
Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1993)
John Barclay Armstrong was a Texas Ranger lieutenant and a United States Marshal. He is usually remembered for his role in the pursuit and capture of the famous gunfighter John Wes…
John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (born 1850)
Henry Moret was a French Impressionist painter. He was one of the artists who associated with Paul Gauguin at Pont-Aven in Brittany. He is best known for his involvement in the Pon…
Henry Moret, French painter (born 1856)
Frédéric-François-Louis Perrier was a Swiss architect and politician who was a Federal Councillor from 1912 until his death in 1913. As of 2009, he is the member with the shortest …
Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (born 1849)
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von der Ahe was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now known as the S…
Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (born 1851)
Emily Wilding Davison was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)…
Emily Davison, English suffragette (born 1872)
Sarah Ellen Roberts was an Englishwoman who died and was buried in Pisco, Peru. After her death, a legend evolved that she was a vampire and bride of Dracula. On 9 June 1993, th…
Sarah Roberts, English woman who was the subject of a vampire legend (born 1872)
Mahmud Shevket Pasha was an Ottoman military commander and statesman.
Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 279th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1856)
Ștefan Octavian Iosif was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian poet and translator.
Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet and translator (born 1875)
Manoel Ferraz de Campos Sales was a Brazilian lawyer, coffee farmer, and politician who served as the fourth president of Brazil.
Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (born 1841)
Simon Alphonse Kirchhoffer was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (born 1873)
Louis Hémon, was a French writer, best known for his novel Maria Chapdelaine.
Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (born 1880)
Clímaco Calderón Reyes was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who became 15th President of Colombia for one day, following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa.
Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (born 1852)