Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Doris McCarthy, LL. D. was a Canadian artist known for her semi-abstracted landscapes. In a 2004 interview with Harold Klunder, the artist remarked:I was influenced very strongly b…
Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author (died 2010)
The 65th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Borinqueneers" during the Korean War for the original Arawak Native Taino name for Puerto Rico (Borinquen), is a Puerto Rican regiment of…
Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general (died 2001)
Govan Archibald Mvunyelwa Mbeki was a South African politician, military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He …
Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist (died 2001)
William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. His nickname was derived from his early career as a boxer.
Champion Jack Dupree, American boxer, blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer-songwriter (died 1992)
Sally Blane was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 movies.
Sally Blane, American actress (died 1997)
Carolina Anna "Lien" Gisolf was a Dutch high jumper. She won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in 1932.
Lien Gisolf, Dutch high jumper (died 1993)
Loren Brooks Pope was an American writer and educational consultant, best known for his book, Colleges That Change Lives. He was also the education editor of The New York Times.
Loren Pope, American journalist and author (died 2008)
William Denby Hanna was an American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna and Joseph Barbera co-created Tom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production company H…
William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (died 2001)
Stanley Joseph McCabe was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander, McCabe was described by Wisden as "one o…
Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (died 1968)
James Elliott Coyne was a Canadian economist who served as the second governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had…
James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (died 2012)
Diptendu Pramanick was an Indian film personality from Kolkata, India. He was the founder secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association, a fraternity of film personnel…
Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (died 1989)
Mamadou Dia was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst …
Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (died 2009)
Gordon William Prange was the author of several World War II historical manuscripts which were published by his co-workers after his death in 1980. Prange was a professor of histor…
Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic (died 1980)
Frank Rudolph Emmanuel Olson was an American bacteriologist, biological warfare scientist, and an employee of the United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories (USBWL) who wor…
Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953)
Vilém Tauský CBE was a Czech conductor and composer. From the advent of the Second World War, he lived and worked in the United Kingdom, and was one of a significant group of émigr…
Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (died 2004)
Ruth Irene Tompson was an American camera technician, animation checker and supercentenarian. She was known for her work on animated features at The Walt Disney Company and was dec…
Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist (died 2021)
Harry Horner was a Czech-born American art director who made a successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar-winning art director and as a feature film and television director. He was…
Harry Horner, American director and production designer (died 1994)
Julien Gracq was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabular…
Julien Gracq, French author and critic (died 2007)
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan, known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress. She is best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version…
Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (died 2016)
Gale Page was an American singer and actress.
Gale Page, American actress (died 1983)
Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia, was a Mexican-born American interiors photographer.
Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (died 2003)
James Henry Govier was a British painter and etcher, who worked in Swansea and East Anglia.
James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (died 1974)
Raymond Alfred Palmer was an American author and magazine editor. Influential in the first wave of science fiction fandom, his first fiction stories were published in 1935.
Raymond A. Palmer, American author and magazine editor (died 1977)
Walter Scharf was an American musician, best known as a film, television and concert composer and arranger/conductor.
Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (died 2003)