Explore 1013 historical events from 1910–1919.
John Hospers was an American philosopher and political activist. Hospers was interested in Objectivism, and was once a friend of the philosopher Ayn Rand, though he later broke wit…
John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (died 2011)
Henriette Ragon, better known as Patachou, was a French singer and actress, best-known for popularizing Georges Brassens songs by singing them before he became famous. She was an O…
Patachou, French singer and actress (died 2015)
Herbert "Barry" Morse was a British-Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was known for playing Lt. Philip Gerard, the principal antagonist of the American television series The…
Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008)
Ruth Hughes Aarons was a US table tennis player, vaudeville entertainer, and talent manager.
Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (died 1980)
Georgia Louise Harris Brown, is considered to be the second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the United States. She was also the first black woman to earn a…
Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect (died 1999)
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, physicist and academic.
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)
Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. was an American actor, stuntman, and professional rodeo cowboy.
Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (died 1996)
Helmut Johannes Siegfried Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed a…
Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (died 1944)
Percy Rodriguez was a Canadian actor who appeared in many television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was of Afro-Portuguese heritage and was born in the Saint-Henri…
Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (died 2007)
François Tombalbaye, also known as N'Garta Tombalbaye, was a Chadian politician who served as the first President of Chad from the country's independence in 1960 until his overthro…
François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (died 1975)
Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (died 1992)
Alf Francis was a motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor.
Alf Francis, West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor (died 1983)
Jerome Karle was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures …
Jerome Karle, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaig…
Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
George John Lynch was an American racing driver.
George Lynch, American race car driver (died 1997)
Zoltán Sztáray was one of the better known contemporary writers of the Hungarian emigration. He was imprisoned in the Recsk forced labor camp for many months until he escaped and m…
Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian-American author (died 2011)
Juho Rikard Merinen was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, …
Jussi Merinen, Finnish politician (born 1873)
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their contributions to the development of radio. With his …
Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850)
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World W…
Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (born 1892)
Jüri Vilms was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia. Empowered by Maapäev, the Salvation Committee issued the…
Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1889)
Charles Jones Soong, also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju, was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a publisher in Shanghai. His children became some of t…
Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (born 1863)
George Coșbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also it…
George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (born 1866)
George Alexander Elmslie was an Australian politician who served as the 25th and shortest serving Premier of Victoria, and the first Labor Premier.
George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery was a French and American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in both the French Air Force, and later the United States Army…
Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (born 1885)