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Humanum genus is a papal encyclical promulgated on 20 April 1884 by Pope Leo XIII.
Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry
Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers Plym and Tamar, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Exeter …
The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria
LaMarcus Adna Thompson was an American inventor and businessman most famous for developing a variety of gravity rides and roller coasters.
The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp, and led by CEO Almar Latour. The company publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Mans…
Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, was a British hereditary peer, Liberal politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963)
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the N…
Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
Jaan Anvelt, was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, was a leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, the first premier of the Soviet Executi…
Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician (died 1937)
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a member of the British royal family, a male-line granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She later married into the Spanish royal family, a…
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1966)
Oliver Leonard Kirk was an American bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer who won two gold medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Beatrice, Nebras…
Oliver Kirk, American boxer (died 1960)
Daniel Varoujan was an Armenian poet of the early 20th century. At the age of 31, when he was reaching international stature, he was deported and murdered by the Young Turk governm…
Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator (died 1915)
Otto Rank was an Austrian psychoanalyst, writer, and philosopher. Born in Vienna, he became one of Sigmund Freud's closest collaborators, served as secretary of the Vienna Psychoan…
Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic (died 1939)
Olof Sandborg was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1962.
Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (died 1965)
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, styled Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and racing driver and promoter. In th…
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (died 1964)
John Abram Boland Sr. was an American politician and businessman from South Dakota. He was an early supporter of Mount Rushmore and served as treasurer for its construction costs b…
John Boland, American politician (died 1958)
Richard Romer Claude Baggallay was an English army officer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1912 and 1919 and captained the side in 1913, 1914 an…
Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer (died 1975)
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a Native American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball during the 1900s and 1910s. In 1911, Bender tied a record by p…
Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (died 1954)
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. …
Harry S
Valdemar Einar Psilander was a Danish silent film actor, who was the highest-paid performer of his period and received critical acclaim as the greatest male lead during the golden …
Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (died 1917)
Oskar Rosenfeld was an Austrian-Jewish writer killed at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Oskar Rosenfeld, Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim (died 1944)
David Curtiss Munson was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
David Munson, American runner (died 1953)
Manuel Pérez y Curis was a Uruguayan poet, born in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (died 1920)
Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, also known by the name "Elizabeth Abbott," was a Scottish suffragist, editor, and feminist lecturer, and wife of author George Frederick Abbott.
Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (died 1957)
Corrado Gini was an Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient, a measure of the income inequality in a society. Gini was a proponent of o…
Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (died 1965)
Max Brod was an Israeli author, composer and journalist, born as a German-speaking Czech. He is notable for promoting the work of writer Franz Kafka and composer Leoš Janáček.
Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)