Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American writer, playwright, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The …
Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1999)
Andor Arnoldovich Lilienthal was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ten male and female world champions, beating Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl C…
Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (died 2010)
Pritilata Waddedar was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist from Chittagong who was influential in the Indian independence movement. She is often praised as "Bengal's first woman ma…
Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (died 1932)
Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Pérusse des Cars was a best-selling French author of popular novels.
Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (died 1993)
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker…
Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Wilhelm Friedrich "Gaius" de Gaay Fortman was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).
Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior (died 1997)
Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later gener…
Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1938)
Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. He achieved major pop…
Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (died 1985)
Charles Biro was an American comic book creator and cartoonist. He created the comic book characters Airboy and Steel Sterling, and worked on Daredevil Comics and Crime Does Not Pa…
Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (died 1972)
Maxine Sullivan, born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.
Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (died 1987)
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of…
Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (died 1991)
Herta Oberheuser was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal who performed medical atrocities on prisoners at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. For her role in…
Herta Oberheuser, German physician (died 1978)
Lisa Fonssagrives was a Swedish model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer. She is widely credited with having been the first supermodel.
Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model (died 1992)
Maureen Paula O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She starred in dozens of feature films ac…
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (died 1998)
Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. Turner's greatest fame was due to his rock and roll recordings in the 1950s, particular…
Big Joe Turner, American blues/R&B singer (died 1985)
Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stori…
Gardner Fox, American author (died 1986)
Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "deli…
Annie M
Lucien Pierre Brouillard, better known as Lou Brouillard,, was a Canadian professional boxer who held the Undisputed World Welterweight and Undisputed World Middleweight Titles. St…
Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (died 1984)
Paul Augustin Mayer, OSB was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He held various positions in the Roman Curia from 1971 to 1991.
Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (died 2010)
Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker was an English tennis player. Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Nuthall was ranked i…
Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (died 1983)
Maurice Louis Baquet was a French actor and cellist.
Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (died 2005)
Henry Ephron was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer. He often worked with his wife, Phoebe and was active as a writer from the early 1940s through the early 196…
Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 1992)
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, re…
Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (died 1978)
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993.
Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (died 2007)