Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Axel Cäsar Springer was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated t…
Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (died 1985)
Marten Toonder was a Dutch comic strip creator. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing n…
Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (died 2005)
Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family.
Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (died 1981)
Virgil Keel Fox was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" conce…
Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (died 1980)
May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton, a Belgian and American novelist, poet, and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalized with erotic female image…
May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (died 1995)
George Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published sev…
George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (died 1995)
Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings was a Mexican and American actor. With the actresses Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars of …
Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (died 1963)
Saadat Hasan Manto NI was a Pakistani writer, playwright and novelist from Punjab, who is regarded as the greatest short-story author in Urdu literature. He was active from 1933 du…
Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (died 1955)
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an i…
Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1988)
Arthur Victor Berger was an American composer and music critic who has been described as a New Mannerist.
Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (died 2003)
Archibald Cox Jr. was an American legal scholar who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. Durin…
Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (died 2004)
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner was an African American inventor who created an adjustable sanitary belt. to keep menstrual pads securely in place. She has been granted five patents …
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (died 2006)
Richard Brooks was an American film director, screenwriter, journalist and novelist. He directed 24 feature films between 1950 and 1985, and was known for his portrayals of hard-hi…
Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for…
Perry Como, American singer and television host (died 2001)
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Between terms as ANC Secretary-General (1949–1954) and ANC D…
Walter Sisulu, South African politician (died 2003)
Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembere…
Studs Terkel, American historian and author (died 2008)
Chen Dayu, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, seal carver and educator.
Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (died 2001)
John Curtis Gowan was a psychologist who studied, along with E. Paul Torrance, the development of creative capabilities in children and gifted populations.
John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (died 1986)
Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in Palacios, Texas and lived in Greenville, Texas, for part…
Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (died 1982)
Herbert Charles Brown was an American chemist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with organoboranes.
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Jean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Françaix composed for various genres, and …
Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (died 1997)
John Howard Payne was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th …
John Payne, American actor (died 1989)
Dean Ladrath Rockwell ) was a decorated World War II group commander in the D-Day invasion, an Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling coach, and a college football coach.
Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (died 2005)
János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to hi…
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1989)