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January
4th |
American ornithologist, James Bond, was born in Philadelphia. He was the inspiration for the name that writer, Ian Fleming, used for his fictional spy James Bond. |
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January
9th |
The Italian sports club, S.S. Lazio, was founded in Rome, Italy. |
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January
14th |
Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premiered in Rome, Italy. |
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February
7th |
The Labour Party of Britain was founded. |
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February
9th |
The Davis Cup competition was established. it is one of the most important events in the world of tennis. |
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February
27th |
The Labour Party of Britain was founded. |
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February
27th |
The German football club, FC Bayern Munchen, was founded. It is the most recognized German football team. |
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March
9th |
American computer engineer, Howard Aiken, was born in New Jersey. He was one of the pioneers in the design of computer systems in the early 20th century who had worked closely with the IBM company during the early years of the computer age. |
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March
13th |
Greek writer, Giorgos Seferis, was born in Urla near Smyrna in Asia Minor. He was the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1963 and was the first Greek to ever receive a Nobel prize, until 1979 when Odysseas Elytis also won the same award. Seferis is credited as being the most influential figure of 20th century Greek language and largely responsible for the rebirth of Greek literature. |
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March
19th |
French physicist, Frederic Joliot, was born in Paris. He was an assistant to the famed scientist Marie Curie, who later married her daughter Irene Curie. Along with his wife he was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
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April
5th |
American actor, Spencer Tracy, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Along with fellow actor Laurence Olivier he had the most "best actor" Oscar nominations. |
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April
26th |
American geophysicist and inventor, Charles Richter, was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He was the creator of the Richter magnitude scale, which is used to measure the strength of earthquakes. |
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May
1st |
An explosion in a mine shaft kills 200 workers in Scofield, Utah, USA, in one of the worlds worst mining accidents. |
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May
14th |
The 2nd modern Summer Olympics opened in Paris, France. |
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June
14th |
Hawaii became part of the United States. In 1959 it became the 50th state of the Union. |
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June
18th |
Chinese empress, Dowager Longyu, issued an order according to which all foreigners in Peking were to be executed, including all foreign diplomats and their families. Part of the events were dramatized in the 1963 classic film, 55 Days at Peking. |
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June
29th |
French writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, was born in Lyon. He was a French writer and aviator and is most famous for creating Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). He disappeared on the night of July 31, 1944 while flying on a mission to collect data on German troop movements. |
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July
2nd |
The first ever flight of a zeppelin craft takes place over Lake Constance, Germany. |
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July
29th |
King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated by anarchist Gaetano Bresci. |
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August
25th |
German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, died at the age of 55. He is considered as one of the most influential modern day philosophers. |
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September
8th |
A powerful hurricane hits the city of Galveston, Texas killing approximately 8,000 people. |
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September
19th |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid committed their first robbery together. |
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November
30th |
Irish writer, Oscar Wilde, died at the age of 46. He is considered as one of the most important literary figures of the Victorian era. He was imprisoned for 2 years, due to his homosexual encounters with numerous young boys. Apart from his numerous plays, he wrote only one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is considered as one of the classics of Modern Western literature. |
