July 29, 1921 — Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of the Nazi Party
Hitler was the 55th person to join the German Worker’s Party – the same party that later re-named itself the...
August 29, 2019
The Past
January 29, 1921 — Gene Klein born
Born in the Bronx, Klein moved to California as a young man and became wealthy running car dealerships, and later...
September 1, 2019
January 19, 1920 — Construction of the permanent Cenotaph in London begins
Edwin Lutyens was one of the greatest British architects, possibly the greatest of his era. His design for the Cenotaph...
September 4, 2019
April 1, 1919 — Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus School
The Bauhaus school was founded in Weimar, Germany (the town, not the government) by Walter Gropius, an architect. Ironically, as...
September 19, 2019
July 18, 1918 — Nelson Mandela born
One of the greatest political figures of the Twentieth Century, Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, in...
September 24, 2019
March 4, 1918 — The earliest confirmed case of the Influenza Pandemic is recorded
Albert Gitchell, an army cook assigned to Camp Funston in Kansas, United States, is generally held to be the earliest...
September 29, 2019
October 31, 1917 — Turkish lines are broken at Beersheba
By 1917, British and Commonwealth forces under General Allenby were slowly progressing northward through Turkish-occupied Palestine, but the advance stalled...
October 4, 2019
July 11, 1917 — The Battle of Passchendaele commences
Also known as the third Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Passchendaele was an attempt to capture the strategically important...
October 9, 2019
December 16, 1916 — Rasputin is murdered
Rasputin is one of the legends of the Twentieth Century. He was definitely real, but has been imputed with supernatural...
October 14, 2019
September 17, 1916 — Manfred von Richthofen makes his first kill as a pilot
Manfred von Richtofen won his first aerial combat with Jasta 2 in the skies over Cambrai, France, on 17 September,...
October 19, 2019
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