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John Clayton Adams or J. Clayton Adams was an English landscape artist.
John Clayton Adams, English painter (born 1840)
Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. …
Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (born 1853)
William Snodgrass was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and the sixth Principal of Queen's College, now Queen's University.
William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (born 1827)
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the s…
Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster
The 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, commonly known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, was a motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the c…
The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the…
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins
Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. For his actions in …
Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005)
Louis Jean Heydt was an American character actor in film, television, and theatre, most frequently seen in hapless, ineffectual, or fall-guy roles.
Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor (died 1960)
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v
Arthur William Lake was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio, and television.
Arthur Lake, American actor (died 1987)
Gerald Sydney Halter, was a Canadian sports executive and lawyer. He served as the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1966, and was president of the Am…
Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 1990)
George Herbert Hitchings was an American medical doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of …
George H
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney f…
Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (died 1996)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–e…
Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich
Alfred Edward Stratton (1882-1905) and his brother Albert Ernest Stratton (1884-1905) were the first men to be convicted in Britain for murder based on fingerprint evidence. They w…
The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is
Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United Stat…
The city of Las Vegas is founded in Nevada, United States
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire, who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty, ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 19…
The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II establishes the Ullah millet for the Aromanians of the empire
Abdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a…
Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, publicly announces the creation of the Ullah millet for the Aromanians of
Robert Guy Choquette was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.
Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (died 1991)
Alfred Hilborn Bates was an American athlete from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, who competed mainly in the long jump.
Al Bates, American long jumper (died 1999)
George Nēpia was a New Zealand Māori rugby union and rugby league player. He is remembered as an exceptional full-back and one of the most famous Māori rugby players. He was induct…
George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (died 1986)
Jean Vigo was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (died 1934)
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the…
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihach
The dissolution of the union between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte, was set in motion by a resolution of the Storting on 7 June 1905. Following so…
Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden