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March
6th |
American cartoon artist, Will Eisner, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of the most influential figures in the world of comics, throughout the 20th century. |
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March
31st |
The United States took possession of the "the Danish West Indies" from Denmark, they were later renamed to "US Virgin Islands". The purchase cost 25 million dollars. |
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April
6th |
The United States declared war on Germany. |
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April
16th |
Revolutionary Vladimir (Ilyich) Lenin returned to Russia after several years of exile in Switzerland. |
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May
21st |
A fire destroyed approximately 2000 homes in the city of Atlanta, USA. |
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May
29th |
American politician, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He became the 35th President of the United States and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on Friday, November 22, 1963. The legacy of both his presidency and his assassination is still a controversial issue in the United States. |
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August
6th |
American actor, Robert Mitchum, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was one of the actors who established the concept of the antihero. |
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August
7th |
Dutch dancer and spy, Mata Hari, was born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. She was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I and was found guilty by a French court which sentenced her to death by firing squad. To this day it remains a matter of controversy as to whether or not she was actually a spy or not. |
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October
15th |
Dutch dancer and spy, Mata Hari, was executed by firing squad for espionage. She was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I and was found guilty by a French court which sentenced her to death by firing squad. To this day it remains a matter of controversy as to whether or not she was actually a spy or not. |
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November
7th |
During the course of the First World War, British forces captured Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. |
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November
20th |
The Ukraine was declared a republic. The republic stood until 1922 when the Ukraine joined the Soviet Union and was reasserted after the fall of the later in 1991. |
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December
6th |
A French munitions ship collided with another ship in the port of Halifax, Canada, resulting in an explosion that killed almost 2000 people and caused damage kilometres away. It was the largest man-made explosion until the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. |
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December
6th |
Finland declared its independence from Russia. |
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December
20th |
The Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, was founded by Vladimir Lenin. |
