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World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Se
The deportation of Armenian intellectuals is conventionally held to mark the beginning of the Armenian genocide. Leaders of the Armenian community in the Ottoman capital of Constan…
The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian,
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers
George Orson Welles was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential fi…
Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1985)
Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist and historian, first known for his 1946 best-seller Thunder Out of China, reporting from China during World War II and th…
Theodore H
Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, was an English businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as the first female British prime minister from 1979 to 1990; thus, he …
Denis Thatcher, English businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2003)
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambin…
Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, t…
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: The SY Aurora breaks loose from its anchorage during a gale, beginning a 312-day or
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an allianc…
The last British Liberal Party government (led by H
Hilda Bernstein OLG was a British-born author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights.
Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (died 2006)
Paul Anthony Samuelson was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal…
Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Henrik Sandberg was a Danish film producer. He produced 39 films between 1955 and 1979. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the Danish film director A. W. Sandberg.
Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (died 1993)
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010)
Lassen Peak, commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a 10,457-foot (3,187 m) lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Located in the Shasta Casca…
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St
The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resul…
Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London
William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of …
William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' h
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…
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Dorothy Renée Ascherson, known professionally as Renée Asherson, was a British actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as …
Renée Asherson, English actress (died 2014)
Peter Copley was an English television, film and stage actor.
Peter Copley, English actor (died 2008)