Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier was a Surinamese politician who served as the first president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was also the country's last governor-general before indepe…
Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, first President of Suriname (died 2010)
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was an English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for stru…
Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Ne Win was a Burmese general and politician who served as Burma's head of government from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1962 to 1974; and also as head of state from 1962 to 1981. Ne …
Ne Win, Burmese army general and politician, 4th President of Burma (died 2002)
Constance Cummings CBE was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years. She starred in films such as Movie Crazy (1932) and American Madness (1932).
Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (died 2005)
Ester Boserup was a Danish economist. She studied economic and agricultural development, worked at the United Nations as well as other international organizations, and wrote semina…
Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (died 1999)
Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, playwright and journalist. She is most famous for her work on the Leningrad radio during the city's siege, when she…
Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (died 1975)
Count Higashifushimi Kunihide was the titular head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an extinct branch of the Imperial House of Japan, and a Buddhist monk. He was the youngest brothe…
Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
Alan Melville was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Test matches from 1938 to 1949. He was born in Carnarvon, Northern Cape, South Africa and died at Sabie, Transvaal.
Alan Melville, South African cricketer (died 1983)
Margaret Wise Brown was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called …
Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (died 1952)
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson was a British architect, also active as an interior designer, an artist, and a writer and broadcaster on twentieth-century design. He was the director of ar…
Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (died 1999)
Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanle…
Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (died 1986)
Franz Kline was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline, along with other action painters like Jackson Pollock,…
Franz Kline, American painter and academic (died 1962)
Artie Shaw was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2004)
James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters, with…
Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (died 1983)
Imre "Imi" Lichtenfeld, also known as Imi Sde-Or, was a Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist. He is widely recognized for developing Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art.
Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (died 1998)
Georg Gaßmann was a German politician.
Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1987)
Rachel Redgrave, known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.
Rachel Kempson, English actress (died 2003)
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electri…
T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov was a Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union. His meticulous and almost photo-real style was popular, but courted controversy among ar…
Aleksandr Laktionov, Soviet painter (died 1972)
Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Oly…
Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (died 1978)
Harry Louis Bernstein was a British-born American writer. Bernstein lived in Brick Township, New Jersey. He died at the age of 101, on June 3, 2011.
Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (died 2011)
Gyula Kállai was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1949 to 1951, Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1965 to 1967 and Speaker of…
Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (died
Hector "Hec" Monroe Dyer was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Hector Dyer, American sprinter (died 1990)
Paulette Goddard was an American actress and socialite. She was a prominent leading actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990)