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January
12th |
The United States House of Representatives voted down a proposal that called for giving women the right to vote. Women were granted equal voting rights in the United States in the year 1928. |
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January
30th |
British politician, John Profumo, was born in London. He is most remembered as having been the central person in the scandalous 'Profumo Affair' in 1963 which was one of the worst political scandals in 20th century Britain. |
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February
19th |
The Battle of Gallipoli started. It was fought during the course of the first world war, when French and English forces attempted to capture the ottoman capital city of Istanbul. The city was not captured and both sides suffered severe casualties. |
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March
3rd |
The predecessor of NASA, NACA, was founded as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. |
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March
19th |
The planet Pluto was photographed for the first time, although it was not recognized as a planet at the time. |
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April
11th |
Charlie Chaplin's movie, The Tramp, was released. |
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April
14th |
Turkish forces invaded Armenia. |
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April
21st |
Mexican-born actor, Anthony Quinn, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. He had dropped out of school and was a prize fighter and painter before becoming an actor. He portrayed more different ethnicities in his various characters than any other actor in history. |
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May
7th |
A German submarine torpedoed and sank the cruise liner RMS Lusitania. 1,198 people died as a result. The Germans had claimed that the ship was carrying ammunition, a mistake, which hastened the entry of the United States in the First World War. |
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July
24th |
A tour ship capsized in central Chicago, resulting in the death of 845 people. |
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August
29th |
Swedish actress, Ingrid Bergman, was born in Stockholm. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female movie stars of all time. |
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September
6th |
The very first prototype of a tank was tested by the British Army. |
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September
9th |
American, Albert Spalding, died at the age of 65. He was a baseball player and later sporting goods manufacturer. The company he founded is still one of the biggest sports goods manufacturer in the world. |
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September
28th |
American spy, Ethel Rosenberg, was born in New York. She and her husband, Julius, were members of the Communist Party and were both convicted and executed as spies in 1953. In later years decoded Soviet communications showed evidence that while her husband was certainly a spy, she may have not been involved in any acts of espionage, but was only aware of her husband's activities. |
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October
17th |
American author, Arthur Miller, was born. He is considered as one of the great playwrights of the 20th century, having written such classics as "Death of a Salesman". He was also known for his marriage to Marilyn Monroe which lasted between 1956 and 1961. |
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October
23th |
Over thirty thousand women march up Fifth Avenue in New York City protesting the right to vote. |
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November
25th |
Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, was born in Valparaiso, Chile. He ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990 after a military coup which deposed the Socialist President Salvador Allende. |
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December
19th |
German psychiatrist and neurologist, Alois Alzheimer, died at the age of 51. He was the first to identify the symptoms of what is now known as Alzheimer's Disease. |
