October 18, 1908 — Belgium annexes the Congo
The so-called Congo Free State was a Belgian colony in Africa whose name provided the merest figleaf to the truth:...
January 14, 2020
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April 6, 1909 — Matthew Henson becomes the first explorer to reach the North Pole
The most trusted of Robert Peary’s fellow polar explorers, Henson was a member of Peary’s party when they became the...
January 14, 2020
June 20, 1909 — Errol Flynn is born
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was born in Hobart, Tasmania. His parents were Theodore Thomson Flynn, a professor of biology at...
January 9, 2020
April 10, 1910 — Sam Schulman born
Born in New York City, most of Schulman’s life was lived on the opposite coast. His companies provided backing money...
January 7, 2020
September 2, 1910 — Henri Rousseau dies
A painter of the Post-Impressionist school, whose work was largely in the Naive or Primitivist manners, Henri Julien Félix Rousseau...
January 4, 2020
March 29, 1912 — Scott of the Antarctic writes the final entry in his diary
It’s really not clear when exactly Robert Falcon Scott – better known as Scott of the Antarctic – actually died....
December 24, 2019
April 15, 1912 -– The RMS Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage
It is probably the best known maritime tragedy in history. The RMS Titanic, the largest passnger ship afloat and pride...
December 19, 2019
June 4, 1913 — Emily Davison runs in front of a horse at the Epsom Derby
No one really knows what Emily Davison had in mind when she ran in front of the racehorse Amner that...
December 14, 2019
April 20, 1914 — Striking coal miners are massacred by the Colorado National Guard in Ludlow, Colorado
Miners had been striking for a number of basic rights – an eight hour work day, the right to shop...
December 4, 2019
August 6, 1915 — The Battle of Lone Pine begins
The Battle of Lone Pine – or, if you’re Turkish, the Battle of Kanli Sirt – was a five day...
November 24, 2019
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