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Anthony John Mullane, nicknamed "Count" and "the Apollo of the Box", was an Irish professional baseball player who pitched for seven major-league teams during 1881–1894. He is best…
Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (born 1859)
Violette Morris was a French athlete and Nazi collaborator who won two gold and one silver medal at the Women's World Games in 1921–1922. She was later banned from competing for vi…
Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (born 1893)
Emir Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan was the last emir of the Uzbek Manghit dynasty, rulers of the Emirate of Bukhara in Central Asia. Although Bukhara was a protectorate of the Russ…
Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (born 1880)
William Franklin Knox was an American politician, soldier, newspaper editor, and publisher. He was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 and Secretary of the Navy unde…
Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1874)
William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was the 24th governor o…
William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (born 1859)
Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and work with D. W. Griffith.
Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (born 1872)
Pyotr Solomonovich Stolyarsky was a Soviet violinist and eminent pedagogue, honored as People's Artist of UkSSR (1939). He was a member of CPSU from 1939.
Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (born 1871)
Napoleon Soukatzidis was a Greek communist, trade unionist and one of the 200 prisoners executed at the firing range of the Athens suburb of Kaisariani by the Nazi occupation force…
Napoleon Soukatzidis, Greek communist and trade unionist (born 1909)
Themistoklis Diakidis was a Greek track and field athlete who competed in the high jump.
Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (born 1882)
Han Yong-un was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer, poet, and independence activist against colonial rule. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instr…
Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (born 1879)
Frederick Schiller Faust was an American writer known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. As Max Brand, he also created the popular fictional character…
Max Brand, American journalist and author (born 1892)
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a British writer and literary critic who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monument…
Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (born 1863)
George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the…
George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)
Filip Mișea was an Aromanian activist, physician and politician. Mișea became an Ottoman deputy, with him and Nicolae Constantin Batzaria being the only Aromanians to ever enter th…
Filip Mișea, Aromanian activist, physician and politician (born 1873)
Christian Wirth was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary architects of the program to exterminate the Jewish people of P…
Christian Wirth, German SS officer (born 1885)
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: U
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Oper
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and th
During the Sürgünlik, 'exile' at least 191,044 Crimean Tatars were subjected to ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide through deportation carried out by Soviet Union authorities f…
The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe. The designation "Wehrmach…
The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yug
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505 (pictured)
The Easter Riots is the name given to a period of unrest in Uppsala, Sweden, during the Easter of 1943. The fascist group Swedish Socialist Union held its national congress in Upps…
The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden
Operation Vulcan was one of the last ground attacks by the Allied forces of the First Army against the Italian and German forces in Tunisia in the last Axis bridgeheads in North Af…
World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia