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József Klekl Jr. was a Slovene writer, journalist, and Roman Catholic priest in Hungary, later in Prekmurje.
József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (born 1879)
Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.
J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (born 1898)
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.
Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1880)
Leon Kessling "Red" Ames was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1903 to 1919 for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Lou…
Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (born 1882)
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, later Ahmet Tevfik Okday after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934, was an Ottoman diplomat and statesman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was the last grand vizier of t…
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1845)
John William Heisman was an American sportsman, writer, and actor. He was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, and served as the head football coach a…
John Heisman, American football player and coach (born 1869)
William Henry Stark was an industrial leader whose contributions helped the city of Orange, Texas develop financially. Stark was the president of the Lutcher Moore Cypress Lumber C…
William Henry Stark, American businessman (born 1851)
Abul Kasem was a Bengali politician.
Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (born 1872)
Effie Adelaide Maria Henderson was a British novelist, better known under the pen names Effie Adelaide Rowlands, E. Maria Albanesi and Madame Albanesi. She was the author of more t…
Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (born 1859)
Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer. A leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in both vernacular and literary Chinese as a nov…
Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (born 1881)
Anne Sullivan Macy was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. At age five, Sullivan contracted trachoma which left her part…
Anne Sullivan, American educator (born 1866)
Major General Sir Newton James Moore, was an Australian politician, businessman and army officer. He served as the eighth Premier of Western Australia from 1906 to 1910 and, follow…
Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)
Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, 1st Count of Maeztu was a Spanish essayist, journalist and publicist.
Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (born 1874)
The Junkers Ju 52, best known in its Ju 52/3m form is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. First introduced in 1930 as a civi…
A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven pe
The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viadu…
New York City's Triborough Bridge, the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.
The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that occurred in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, from 19 to 20 July 1936. The…
The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona begins.
Mabel Gwendolyn Freer was a British woman whose exclusion from Australia on morality grounds in 1936 became a cause célèbre and led to a political controversy.
British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a…
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to May …
Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italian troops (pictured) captured the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa unopposed
Sada Abe was a Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, Kichizō Ishida , via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying t…
In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe (pictured) strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around
Sada Abe was a Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, Kichizō Ishida , via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying t…
In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her f
Remington Rand, Inc. was an early American business machine manufacturer, originally a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mai…
Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives develo
The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal, when fully opened, was 15 miles 1…
A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet…
The Nationalist faction, also called the Rebel faction and Francoist faction, was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It was composed of a variety of right-wi…
Nationalist military officers launch a coup d'état against the Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War
The Nationalist faction, also called the Rebel faction and Francoist faction, was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It was composed of a variety of right-wi…
Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.