Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U…
Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (died 2010)
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American businessman and politician most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, which was founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He rep…
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (died 1990)
Walter Bernstein was an American screenwriter and film producer who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s because of his views on communism. Some of his notab…
Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2021)
Adamantios Androutsopoulos was a lawyer and professor. He held various ministerial posts under the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and was finally appointed interim Prime Ministe…
Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000)
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin was a Soviet mathematician, who made numerous contributions in algebraic topology, geometry, measure theory, probability theory, ergodic theory and entr…
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (died 1984)
Tosia Altman was a courier and smuggler for Hashomer Hatzair and the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) during the German occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II (died 1943)
J. Gordon Edwards was an American entomologist and proponent of the use and safety of the pesticide DDT. He was professor of entomology at San Jose State University for 40 years, a…
J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (died 2004)
Enrique Juan Yañez González , best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was a Mexican professional wrestler. He was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the e…
Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (died 2004)
Niels Viggo Bentzon was a Danish composer and pianist.
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer and pianist (died 2000)
William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to hi…
William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (died 2010)
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party…
George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)
Jacob "Jaap" Rijks was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.
Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (died 2017)
Gerard John Campbell was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and historian who became the president of Georgetown University. Born in Pennsylvania, he entered the Society of Jesus…
Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (died 2012)
Thomas Lee "Pee Wee" Butts was an American baseball player who played in the Negro leagues.
Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (died 1972)
Murray Grand was an American singer, songwriter, lyricist, and pianist best known for the song "Guess Who I Saw Today".
Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was a British electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan MacLeod Cormack for his part in developing th…
Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
Svetozar Ćorović was a Bosnian Serb writer. In his books, he often wrote of life in Herzegovina and, more specifically, the city of Mostar. His brother was Vladimir Ćorović, a dist…
Svetozar Ćorović, Serbian novelist (born 1875)
Augustus D. Juilliard was an American businessman and philanthropist, born at sea as his parents were emigrating to the United States from France. Making a successful career in New…
Augustus D
Elizabeth Almira Allen was an American teacher, teachers' rights advocate, and the first woman president of the New Jersey Education Association. Allen was born in Joliet, Illinois…
Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (born 1854)
Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister o…
Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (born 1880)
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum…
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Eva Schiroky, nicknamed Eva Chirowska, was a Czech anarchist and cook. She is best known for having been suspected of being a member of the Ortiz gang, an illegalist group named af…
Eva Schiroky, Czech anarchist and cook (born 1840)
Henry John Heinz was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.…
Henry J
Hasan Tahsin was the code name of Osman Nevres, a Turkish nationalist and journalist of Dönmeh descent.
Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (born 1888)