13 events found for 1913
The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a
Raja Harishchandra, the first Indian feature-length film, was released
The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircra
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great so
During the premiere of the ballet Le Sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris,
Emily Davison (pictured), an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured after being trampl
Emily Davison, an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured after being trampled by a hor
During a labor strike in Ipswich, Massachusetts, police opened fire into a crowd of strikers, killing one and injuring s
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strik
More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of
The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological…
Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice…
While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.