October 4, 1902 — Larry Fine born
Louis Feinberg, a kid from Philadelphia, got his start in vaudeville as a violin player. But his comedic talents soon...
February 10, 2020
The Past
March 9, 1902 — Gustav Mahler and Alma Schindler are married
Mahler and Schindler first met in November of 1901. Their marriage was considered a bad idea by most of their...
February 12, 2020
September 7, 1901 — The Boxer Rebellion ends
The Boxer Rebellion was a four year long uprising by native Chinese who fought against Japanese and European imperialism. The...
February 17, 2020
June 24, 1900 — Picasso has his first public exhibition
Pablo Picasso’s first public exhibition of his works was held in Barcelona, four months short of his nineteenth birthday. Much...
February 22, 2020
April 3, 1897 — Johannes Brahms dies
A composer of the Romantic school, Johannes Brahms in his 64 years associated with many of the other greats of...
March 4, 2020
June 2, 1896 — Gugliemo Marconi applies to patent the radio
Although there has been considerable controversy over the years regarding who actually invented radio – controversy not helped by Marconi...
March 9, 2020
August 19, 1895 — John Wesley Hardin shot and killed
Reputed to be one of the deadliest men in the whole of the West, John Wesley Hardin claimed to have...
March 19, 2020
March 11, 1895 — Shemp Howard of the Thee Stooges is born
Born Samuel Horwitz, Shemp Howard and his brother, Moe Howard, were two of the original Three Stooges, one of the...
April 4, 2020
July 10, 1893 — Daniel Hale Williams performs the second successful pericardium surgery
Daniel Hale Williams was one of the first Afro-American men to achieve prominence as a surgeon. He served as the...
April 9, 2020
August 4, 1892 — Lizzie Borden murders her parents
They say she done all of ’em in. They say she done it with an axe. They are, in this...
April 14, 2020
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