Explore 3967 historical events from 1940–1949.
Louise Jacqueline Sorel is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vivian Alamain in Days of Our Lives from 1992–2000, 2009–2011, 2017–2018, 2020, 2023 and 2…
Louise Sorel, American actress
Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "T…
Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
Uwe Nettelbeck was a German record producer, journalist and film critic. He was best known as the creator and producer of the German krautrock band Faust and changed the face of Ge…
Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)
Dilip Narayan Sardesai was an Indian international cricketer. He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was oft…
Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (died 2007)
Dennis Anthony Tito is an American engineer and entrepreneur. During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in …
Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
Linda Jo Goldway Keen is an American mathematician and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Since 1965, she has been a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Comp…
Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic
Robert Lee Hatfield was an American singer. He and Bill Medley performed together as the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 re…
Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Sidney Waddell was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the Voice of Darts due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yor…
Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (died 2012)
Glenys Lynne Page was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for New Zealand, both at the 1973 World Cup.…
Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer. Barlow was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–6…
Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (died 2005)
John Waller was an English pioneer of the historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival, a fight director for stage, screen and spectacle, and a teacher of martial arts.
John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (died 2018)
William Clifford Musselman was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.
Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (died 2000)
Gudrun Ensslin was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction.
Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (died 1977)
Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director, opera director, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career during the Australian New Wave, and has made more than 30 feature fi…
Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
Eduardo Mignogna was an Argentine film director and screenwriter.
Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (died 2006)
Barry John Sheerman is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, for 45 years from 1979 to 2024. A member of the …
Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
Adam Makowicz is a Polish pianist and composer living in New York. He performs jazz and classical piano pieces, as well as his own compositions.
Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
Gilman "Gil" Whitney (1940–1982) was an American television personality in Dayton, Ohio, who worked primarily at WHIO television and radio until his death in 1982. He was posthumou…
Gil Whitney, American journalist (died 1982)
Roger Frederick Cook is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who has written many hit records for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording care…
Roger Cook, English songwriter, singer, and producer
John Lester Nash Jr. was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one …
Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (died 2020)
Jill St. John is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the James Bond franchise, in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. …
Jill St. John, American model and actress
Rubén Eloy Hinojosa is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district, from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Par…
Rubén Hinojosa, American businessman and politician
Angus John Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, is a Scottish television executive, life peer and former Labour politician.
Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Reginald Hugh Durning Sellers is a former Test cricketer. He was the second Indian-born cricketer to have played a Test match for Australia and the first of Anglo-Indian descent.
Rex Sellers, Indian-Australian cricketer