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Anniversaries for Educators September 2017 – August 2018

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September 2017 Notable anniversaries (@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2

1967-DeathofSiegfriedSassoon,EnglishcaptainandWorldWarOnepoet

3 4 5 6 7 8 91967-DagenHinSweden:Trafficchangesfromdrivingonthelefttotherightovernight

1967-VietnamWar:OperationSwiftbegins

1817-BirthofAlekseyKonstantinovichTolstoy,Russianauthor

1517-BirthofFranciscodeHolanda,Portugueseartist(d.1585)

1917-BirthofLeonardCheshire,Englishcaptain,pilot,andhumanitarian

InternationalLiteracyDay

10 11 12 13 14 15 161967-ThepeopleofGibraltarvotetoremainaBritishdependencyratherthanjoinSpain.

1917-DeathofGeorgesGuynemer,Frenchcaptainandpilot

1967-DeathofVladimirBartol,Italian-Sloveneauthorandplaywright(b.1903)

1967-DeathofMohammedbinAwadbinLaden,Yemeni-SaudiArabianbusinessman

1917-Russiaisofficiallyproclaimedarepublic.

InternationalDayofDemocracy

InternationalDayforthePreservationoftheOzoneLayer

17 18 19 20 21 22 231867-BirthofVeraYevstafievnaPopova,Russianchemist

1967-DeathofJohnCockcroft,Englishphysicistandacademic

InternationalTalkLikeaPirateDay

1967-RMSQueenElizabeth2islaunched

1917-BirthofPhyllisNicolson,Englishmathematicianandacademic

1917-DeathofWernerVoss,Germanlieutenantandpilot

24 25 26 27 28 29 301717-BirthofHoraceWalpole,Englishhistorian,author,andpolitician

1917-DeathofThomasAshe,Irishrebelcommander

1917-WorldWarI:TheBattleofPolygonWoodbegins.EuropeanDayofLanguages

1917-DeathofEdgarDegas,Frenchpainterandsculptor(b.1834)

1867-TorontobecomesthecapitalofOntario

1967-DeathofCarsonMcCullers,Americannovelist,playwright,essayist,andpoet

1967–BBCRadio1broadcastsforthefirsttime

September1

September5

September24


October 2017 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1567-DeathofPietroCarnesecchi,Italianhumanist(b.1508)

1967-ThurgoodMarshallissworninasthefirstAfrican-AmericanjusticeoftheUSSupremeCourt.

1967-DeathofWoodyGuthrie,Americansinger-songwriterandguitarist(b.1912)

1917-WorldWarI:TheBattleofBroodseindeisfoughtbetweentheBritishandGermanarmiesinFlanders.

WorldTeachers'Day

1917-BirthofFannieLouHamer,Americanactivistandphilanthropist(d.1977)

1967-DeathofNormanAngell,Englishjournalistandpolitician.

8 9 10 11 12 13 141967-DeathofClementAttlee,Englishsoldier,lawyer,andpolitician,PrimeMinisteroftheUnitedKingdom(b.1883)

1967-DeathofCheGuevara,Argentinian-Cubanphysician,politicianandguerrillaleader(b.1928)

1917-BirthofTheloniousMonk,Americanpianistandcomposer(d.1982)

1767-SurveyingfortheMason-DixonlineseparatingMarylandfromPennsylvaniaiscompleted.

1917-WorldWarI:TheFirstBattleofPasschendaelebegins.

ColumbusDay(USA)

1967-VietnamWar:AmericanfolksingerandactivistJoanBaezisarrestedduringaprotest.

151917-WorldWarI:DutchdancerMataHariisexecutedasaspyfortheGermanEmpire.

161867-BirthofMarioRuspoli,2ndPrinceofPoggioSuasa(d.1963)

171917-FirstBritishbombingofGermanyinWorldWarI.

181867-UnitedStatestakespossessionofAlaskaafterpurchasingitfromRussiafor$7.2million.

191917-BirthofWilliamJoelBlass,Americansoldier,lawyer,andpolitician(d.2012)

201917-BirthofStephaneHessel,German-Frenchactivistanddiplomat(d.2013)

211867-TheMedicineLodgeTreatyrequiresNativeAmericanPlainstribestorelocatetoareservationinwesternOklahoma.

221917-DeathofBobFitzsimmons,English-Americanboxer(b.1863)

231917-LenincallsfortheOctoberRevolution.

241917-BirthofMarieFoster,Americancivilrightsactivist(d.2003)

251767-BirthofBenjaminConstant,Swiss-Frenchphilosopherandpolitician(d.1830)

261967-MohammadRezaPahlavicrownshimselfEmperorofIranandthencrownshiswifeFarahEmpressofIran.

271917-DeathofArthurRhys-Davids,Englishlieutenantandpilot(b.1897)

281867-BirthofSisterNivedita,Irish-Indiannurse,author,andeducator(d.1911)

29

1467-CharlestheBoldwinstheBattleofBrustem.

301817-TheindependentgovernmentofVenezuelaisestablishedbySimonBolivar.

311517-ProtestantReformation:MartinLutherpostshis95ThesesonthedooroftheCastleChurchinWittenberg.

October12

October15

October31


November 2017 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4

1917-BirthofSiegfriedJamrowski,Russian-Germansoldierandpilot(d.2012)

1917-TheBalfourDeclarationproclaimsBritishsupportforthe"establishmentinPalestineofanationalhomefortheJewishpeople"

1867-GiuseppeGaribaldiandhisfollowersaredefeatedintheBattleofMentana

5 6 7 8 9 10 111917-BirthofJacquelineAuriol,Frenchpilot(d.2000)

1917-WorldWarI:BattleofPasschendaeleends

1917-TheBolshevikRevolution:LeninandhisfollowersstormtheWinterPalace.

1517-DeathofFranciscoJiménezdeCisneros,Spanishcardinal(b.1436)

1867-BirthofShrimadRajchandra,spiritualmentorofGandhi

1617-DeathofBarnabeRich,Englishsoldierandauthor(b.1540)

ArmisticeDayFreelessonresourcesforallyeargroupsavailableatwww.activehistory.co.uk

12 13 14 15 16 17 181567-DeathofAnnedeMontmorency,Frenchgeneralanddiplomat(b.1493)

1867-DeathofAdolpheNapoléonDidron,Frencharchaeologistandhistorian(b.1806)

1817-DeathofPolicarpaSalavarrieta,Colombianseamstressandspy(b.1795)

1917-DeathofÉmileDurkheim,Frenchsociologist,psychologist,andphilosopher(b.1858)

1717-BirthofJeanleRondd'Alembert,Frenchmathematician,physicist,andphilosopher(d.1793)

1917-BirthofRuthAaronsonBari,Americanmathematician(d.2005)

NationalDayofMourning(Germany)

19 20 21 22 23 24 251917-BirthofIndiraGandhi,Indianpolitician,3rdPrimeMinisterofIndia(d.1984)

1917-WorldWarI:BattleofCambraibegins.

1967-DeathofC.M.Eddy,Jr.,Americanauthor(b.1896)

1967-UNResolution242isadopted,aimedatguidingnegotiationsforanArab-Israelipeacesettlement.

1867-TheManchesterMartyrsarehangedforkillingapolicemanwhilefreeingtwoIrishnationalistsfromcustody.

1867-BirthofScottJoplin,Americanpianistandcomposer(d.1917)

1467-BirthofThomasDacre,2ndBaronDacre,KnightofHenryVIIIofEngland(d.1525)

26 27 28 2929 30

November2

November7

1917-TheManchesterGuardianpublishesthe1916secretSykes-PicotAgreementbetweentheUnitedKingdomandFrance.

1067-DeathofSanchaofLeón,QueenofLeón(b.c.1018)

1967-ThefirstpulsarknownasPSRB1919+21intheconstellationofVulpeculawasdiscoveredbytwoastronomersJocelynBellBurnellandAntonyHewish.

1967-VietnamWar:U.S.SecretaryofDefenseRobertMcNamaraannounceshisresignation.

1667-BirthofJonathanSwift,Irishsatiristandessayist(d.1745)


December 2017 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)


WorldAIDSDay

1917-WorldWarI:RussiaandtheCentralPowerssignanarmisticeatBrest-Litovsk.

3 4 5 6 7 8 91967-AtransplantteamheadedbyChristiaanBarnardcarriesoutthefirsthearttransplantonahuman.

1817-BirthofNikolozBaratashvili,Georgianpoetandauthor(d.1845).

1917-BirthofKenDowning,Englishracecardriver(d.2004)

1917-FinlanddeclaresindependencefromRussia.

1817-DeathofWilliamBligh,Englishadmiralandpolitician,4thGovernorofNewSouthWales(b.1745)

1917-DeathofMendeleMocherSforim,Russianauthor(b.1836)

1717-BirthofJohannJoachimWinckelmann,Germanarchaeologistandhistorian(d.1768).

10 11 12 13 14 15 161317-The"NyköpingBanquet":KingBirgerofSwedeninviteshisbrotherstoabanquetthenimprisonsthem.

1917-WorldWarI:BritishGeneralAllenbyentersJerusalemonfootanddeclaresmartiallaw.

1817-DeathofTekleGiyorgisI,Ethiopianemperor(b.1751)

1867-AFenianbombexplodesinClerkenwell,London,killingsix.

1417-DeathofJohnOldcastle,EnglishLollardleader

1917-BirthofShan-ul-HaqHaqqee,Indian-Pakistanilinguistandlexicographer(d.2005)

1717-BirthofElizabethCarter,Englishpoetandscholar(d.1806)

17 18 19 20 21 22 231917-DeathofElizabethGarrettAnderson,Englishphysicianandactivist(b.1836)

1917-TheresolutioncontainingtheEighteenthAmendmenttoenactProhibitionispassedbytheUSCongress.

1967-HaroldHolt,thePrimeMinisterofAustralia,isofficiallypresumeddead.

1917-Cheka,thefirstSovietsecretpoliceforce,isfounded.

1917-BirthofHeinrichBöll,Germannovelistandshortstorywriter,NobelPrizelaureate(d.1985)

1867-DeathofJean-VictorPoncelet,Frenchmathematicianandengineer(b.1788)

1867-BirthofMadamC.J.Walker,Americanbusinesswomanandphilanthropist.

24 25 26 27 28 29 301867-BirthofTevfikFikret,Turkishpoetandeducator(d.1915)

1917-BirthofLincolnVerdugaLoor,Ecuadorianjournalistandpolitician(d.2009)

1867-BirthofPhanBộiChâu,Vietnameseactivist(d.1940)

1917-BirthofBuddyBoudreaux,Americansaxophonistandclarinetplayer(d.2015)

1917-DeathofAlfredEdwinMcKay,Canadiancaptainandpilot(b.1892)

1917-BirthofTomBradley,Americanlieutenant,lawyer,andpolitician,38thMayorofLosAngeles(d.1998)

1917-BirthofSeymourMelman,Americanengineerandauthor(d.2004)

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December3 December14

December18

1917-BirthofEvelynKnight,Americansinger(d.2007)


January 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6

1818-BirthofWilliamGamble,Americangeneral(d.1866)

1918-BirthofWilliGraf,Germanphysicianandactivist(d.1943)

1868-MeijiRestorationinJapan:TheTokugawashogunateisabolished.

BrailleDay

1968-AlexanderDubcekcomestopower;"PragueSpring"beginsinCzechoslovakia.

1918-DeathofGeorgCantor,Germanmathematicianandphilosopher(b.1845)

7 8 9 10 11 12 131768-BirthofJosephBonaparte,Italianking(d.1844)

1918-U.S.PresidentWoodrowWilsonannounceshis"FourteenPoints"fortheaftermathofWorldWarI.

1918-BattleofBearValley:ThelastbattleoftheAmericanIndianWars.

1218-DeathofHughIofCyprus.

1918-BirthofRobertC.O'Brien,Americanauthorandjournalist(d.1973)

1968-JohnnyCashperformsliveatFolsomStatePrison

14 15 16 17 18 19 201818-BirthofZachrisTopelius,Finnishauthorandjournalist(d.1898)

1918-BirthofJoãoFigueiredo,Braziliangeneralandpolitician,30thPresidentofBrazil(d.1999)

1918-BirthofNelBenschop,Dutchpoetandeducator(d.2005)

1918-BirthofKeithJoseph,Englishlawyerandpolitician,SecretaryofStateforEducation(d.1994)

1918-BirthofGustaveGingras,Canadian-Englishphysicianandeducator(d.1996)

1918-BirthofJohnH.Johnson,Americanpublisher,foundedtheJohnsonPublishingCompany(d.2005)

1918-BirthofJuanGarcíaEsquivel,Mexicanpianist,composer,andbandleader(d.2002)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27MartinLutherKingDay

1968-Apollo5liftsoffcarryingthefirstLunarmoduleintospace.

1918-BirthofGertrudeB.Elion,Americanbiochemistandpharmacologist,NobelPrizelaureate(d.1999)

1918-BirthofGottfriedvonEinem,Austrianpianistandcomposer(d.1996)

1918-UkrainedeclaresindependencefromBolshevikRussia.

1918-BirthofNicolaeCeaucescu,Romaniangeneralandpolitician,1stPresidentofRomania(d.1989)

HolocaustMemorialDayFreelessonresourcesforallyeargroupsavailableatwww.activehistory.co.uk

28 29 30 31

January5 January8

January28

1918-DeathofJohnMcCrae,Canadiansoldier,physician,andpoetof“InFlandersFields”(b.1872)

1718-BirthofPaulRabaut,Frenchpastor(d.1794)

1018-PolandandtheHolyRomanEmpireconcludethePeaceofBautzen.

1418-DeathofMirceaIofWallachia(b.1355)


February 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3

1918-BirthofMurielSpark,Scottishplaywrightandpoet(d.2006)

1918-DeathofJohnL.Sullivan,Americanboxer(b.1858)

1468-DeathofJohannesGutenberg,Germanpublisher,inventedthePrintingpress(b.1398)

4 5 6 7 8 9 101968-DeathofNealCassady,Americannovelistandpoet(b.1926)

1918-StephenW.ThompsonshootsdownaGermanairplane;thisisthefirstaerialvictorybytheU.S.military.

1918-Britishwomenovertheageof30gettherighttovote.

318-DeathofJinMindi,emperoroftheJinDynasty(b.300)

1968-DeathofMauriceMaillot,Frenchactor(b.1906)

1918-DeathofAbdulHamidIIOttomansultan(b.1842)

11 12 13 14 15 16 171918-DeathofAlexeyKaledin,Russiangeneral(b.1861)

1918-BirthofNormanFarberow,Americanpsychologistandacademic(d.2015)

1818-DeathofGeorgeRogersClark,Americangeneral(b.1752)

1468-BirthofJohannesWerner,Germanpriestandmathematician(d.1522)

1818-DeathofFrederickLouis,PrinceofHohenlohe-Ingelfingen(b.1746)

1918-TheCouncilofLithuaniaunanimouslyadoptstheActofIndependence.

1918-BirthofWilliamBronk,Americanpoetandacademic(d.1999)

18 19 20 21 22 23 241218-DeathofBertholdV,DukeofZähringen(b.1160)

1918-BirthofLeonoreAnnenberg,Americanbusinesswomananddiplomat(d.2009)

1918-ThelastCarolinaparakeetdiesincaptivityattheCincinnatiZoo.

1868-BirthofW.E.B.DuBois,Americansociologist,historian,andactivist(d.1963)

1918-EstonianDeclarationofIndependence.

25 26 27 28

February 2

February6

February 21

1968-VietnamWar:Onehundredthirty-fiveunarmedcitizensarekilledintheHàMymassacre.

1718-BirthofJohanErnstGunnerus,Norwegianbishop,botanistandzoologist(d.1773)

1968-DeathofFrankieLymon,Americansinger-songwriter(b.1942)

1518-BirthofFrancisIII,DukeofBrittany,DukeofBrittany(d.1536)


March 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3

1918-BirthofJoãoGoulart,Brazilianlawyerandpolitician,24thPresidentofBrazil(d.1976)

1918-Germany,AustriaandRussiasigntheTreatyofBrest-LitovskendingRussia'sinvolvementinWorldWarI.

4 5 6 7 8 9 101918-BirthofKurtDahlmann,Germanpilot,lawyer,andjournalist.

1968-ThreerebelsareexecutedbyRhodesia,thefirstexecutionssinceUDI,promptinginternationalcondemnation.

1968-VietnamWar:TheUnitedStatesandSouthVietnamesemilitarybeginOperationTruongCongDinh.

1618-JohannesKeplerdiscoversthethirdlawofplanetarymotion.

1918-BirthofGeorgeLincolnRockwell,Americansailorandpolitician,foundedtheAmericanNaziParty(d.1967).

1918-BirthofGüntherRall,Germangeneralandpilot(d.2009)

11 12 13 14 15 16 171918-ThefirstcaseofSpanishfluoccurs,thestartofadevastatingworldwidepandemic.

1918-MoscowbecomesthecapitalofRussiaagainafterSaintPetersburgheldthisstatusfor215years.

1918-BirthofGrigoryPomerants,Russianphilosopherandauthor(d.2013)

1418-BirthofPhilipII,CountofNassau-Weilburg(d.1492).

1818-BirthofMarianoÁlvarez,Filipinogeneralandpolitician(d.1924)

1968-VietnamWar:MyLaiMassacreoccurs;between347and500VietnamesevillagersarekilledbyAmericantroops.

1968-AsaresultofnervegastestinginSkullValley,Utah,over6,000sheeparefounddead.

18 19 20 21 22 23 241068-AnearthquakeaffectstheLevantandtheArabianPeninsula,leavingupto20,000dead.

1918-TheU.S.Congressestablishestimezonesandapprovesdaylightsavingtime.

1918-DeathofLewisA.Grant,Americangeneralandlawyer(b.1828)

1918-WorldWarI:ThefirstphaseoftheGermanSpringOffensive,OperationMichael,begins.

1818-BirthofJohnAinsworthHorrocks,English-Australianexplorer,foundedPenwortham(d.1846)

1568-ThePeaceofLongjumeauissigned,endingthesecondphaseoftheFrenchWarsofReligion.

25 26 27 28 29 30 311918-DeathofClaudeDebussy,Frenchcomposer(b.1862)

1868-BirthofFuadIofEgypt(d.1936)

1968-DeathofYuriGagarin,Russiancolonel,pilot,andastronaut(b.1934)

1868-BirthofMaximGorky,Russiannovelist,shortstorywriter,andplaywright(d.1936)

1918-BirthofPearlBailey,Americanactressandsinger(d.1990)

1918-OutburstofbloodyMarchEventsinBakuandotherlocationsofBakuGovernorate.

1718-BirthofMarianaVictoriaofSpain(d.1781)

March11

March16

March21


April 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)


1918-TheRoyalAirForceiscreatedbythemergeroftheRoyalFlyingCorpsandtheRoyalNavalAirService.

1618-BirthofFrancescoMariaGrimaldi,Italianmathematicianandphysicist(d.1663

1968-MartinLutherKingJr.delivershis"I'veBeentotheMountaintop"speech.

1968-MartinLutherKingJr.isassassinatedbyJamesEarlRayatamotelinMemphis,Tennessee.

1168-DeathofRobertdeBeaumont,2ndEarlofLeicester,Englishpolitician(b.1104)

1818-BirthofAasmundOlavssonVinje,Norwegianjournalistandpoet(d.1870)

1718-BirthofHughBlair,Scottishministerandauthor(d.1800)

8 9 10 11 12 13 141918-BirthofBettyFord,AmericanwifeofGeraldFord,40thFirstLadyoftheUnitedStates(d.2011)

1918-BirthofJørnUtzon,Danisharchitect,designedtheSydneyOperaHouse(d.2008)

1018-BirthofNizamal-Mulk,Persianscholarandvizier(d.1092)

1968-PresidentLyndonB.JohnsonsignstheCivilRightsActof1968.

1868-BirthofAkiyamaSaneyuki,Japaneseadmiral(d.1918)

1918-DeathofLavrKornilov,Russiangeneral(b.1870)

1668-BirthofMagnusJuliusDelaGardie,Swedishgeneralandpolitician(d.1741)

15 16 17 18 19 20 211918-BirthofHansBillian,Germanfilmdirector,screenwriter,andactor(d.2007)

1818-TheUnitedStatesSenateratifiestheRush-BagotTreaty,establishingtheborderwithCanada.

818-DeathofBernardofItaly,Frankishking(b.797)

1518-BonaSforzaiscrownedasqueenconsortofPoland.

1768-DeathofCanaletto,Italianpainterandetcher(b.1697)

1968-EnglishpoliticianEnochPowellmakeshiscontroversialRiversofBloodspeech.

1918-DeathofManfredvonRichthofen,Germancaptainandpilot(b.1892)

22 23 24 25 26 27 281518-BirthofAntoineofNavarre(d.1562)

1918-BirthofMauriceDruon,Frenchauthorandscreenwriter(d.2009)

1918-Firsttank-to-tankcombat,atVillers-Bretonneux,France.

1918-BirthofGrahamPayn,SouthAfrican-bornEnglishactorandsinger(d.2005)

1968-DeathofJohnHeartfield,Germanillustratorandphotographer(b.1891)

SouthAfricaNationalDay

1868-BirthofLucyBooth,Englishcomposer(d.1953)

29 30

April4

April20

April21

1818-BirthofAlexanderIIofRussia(d.1881)

InternationalJazzDay


May 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5

1118-DeathofMatildaofScotland(b.1080)

1568-Mary,QueenofScots,escapesfromLochLevenCastle.

1918-DeathofCharlieSoong,Chinesebusinessmanandmissionary(b.1863)

1918-BirthofTomMead,Australianjournalistandpolitician(d.2004)

1818-BirthofKarlMarx,Germanphilosopher,sociologist,andjournalist(d.1883)

6 7 8 9 10 11 121918-BirthofZayedbinSultanAlNahyan,emirofAbuDhabiandfirstpresidentoftheUnitedArabEmirates(d.2004)

1718-ThecityofNewOrleansisfoundedbyJean-BaptisteLeMoyne,SieurdeBienville.

1818-BirthofSamuelLeonardTilley,Canadianpharmacistandpolitician.

1968-DeathofMercedesdeAcosta,Americanauthor,poet,andplaywright(b.1893)

1818-DeathofPaulRevere,Americanengraverandsoldier(b.1735)

1918-BirthofRichardFeynman,Americanphysicistandengineer,NobelPrizelaureate(d.1988)

1918-BirthofMaryKayAsh,Americanbusinesswoman.

13 14 15 16 17 18 191918-BirthofBalasaraswati,Indiandancerandinstructor(d.1984)

1868-BirthofMagnusHirschfeld,Germanphysicianandsexologist(d.1935)

1718-JamesPuckle,aLondonlawyer,patentstheworld'sfirstmachinegun.

1718-BirthofMariaGaetanaAgnesi,Italianmathematicianandphilosopher(d.1799)

1818-BirthofEzraOtisKendall,Americanprofessor,astronomerandmathematician(d.1899)

1868-BirthofNicholasIIofRussia(d.1918)

1568-QueenElizabethIofEnglandordersthearrestofMary,QueenofScots.

20 21 22 23 24 25 261918-BirthofEdwardB.Lewis,Americanbiologist,geneticist,andacademic,NobelPrizelaureate(d.2004)

1918-BirthofDennisDay,Americansingerandactor(d.1988)

1968-Thenuclear-poweredsubmarinetheUSSScorpionsinkswith99menaboard,400milessouthwestoftheAzores.

1618-TheSecondDefenestrationofPragueprecipitatestheThirtyYears'War.

1218-TheFifthCrusadeleavesAcreforEgypt.

1818-BirthofJacobBurckhardt,Swisshistorianandacademic(d.1897)

1918-TheDemocraticRepublicofGeorgiaisestablished.

27 28 29 30 31

May5

May15

1818-BirthofAmeliaBloomer,Americanjournalistandactivist(d.1894)

1818-BirthofP.G.T.Beauregard,Americangeneral(d.1893)

1918-ArmeniadefeatstheOttomanArmyintheBattleofSardarabad.

1918-DeathofGeorgiPlekhanov,Russianphilosopherandtheorist(b.1856)

1818-BirthofJohnAlbionAndrew,Americanlawyerandpolitician.


June 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)


1918-WorldWarI:WesternFront:BattleofBelleauWood.

1918-BirthofRuthAtkinson,Canadian-Americanillustrator(d.1997)

3 4 5 6 7 8 91818-BirthofLouisFaidherbe,Frenchgeneralandpolitician,GovernorofSenegal(d.1889)

1968-DeathofDorothyGish,Americanactress(b.1898)

1968-RobertF.Kennedy,aU.S.presidentialcandidate,isfatallyshot.

1868-BirthofRobertFalconScott,Englishsailorandexplorer(d.1912)

1868-BirthofCharlesRennieMackintosh,Scottishpainterandarchitect(d.1928)

1318-BirthofEleanorofWoodstock,eldestdaughterofKingEdwardIIofEngland(d.1355)

AD68-SuicideofNero,Romanemperor(b.37)

10 11 12 13 14 15 161918-DeathofArrigoBoito,Italianauthor,poet,andcomposer(b.1842)

1118-RogerofSalerno,PrinceofAntioch,capturesAzazfromtheSeljukTurks.

918-DeathofÆthelflæd,MerciandaughterofAlfredtheGreat(b.870)

1918-DeathofGrandDukeMichaelAlexandrovichofRussia(b.1878)

1968-DeathofSalvatoreQuasimodo,Italiannovelistandpoet,NobelPrizeLaureate(b.1901)

1618-BirthofFrançoisBlondel,Frencharchitect(d.1686)

1468-DeathofJeanLeFèvredeSaint-Remy,Burgundianhistorianandauthor(b.1395)

17 18 19 20 21 22 231918-BirthofAjahnChah,Thaimonkandeducator(d.1992)

618-LiYuanbecomesEmperorGaozuofTang,initiatingthreecenturiesofTangdynastyruleoverChina.

1918-DeathofFrancescoBaracca,Italianfighterpilot(b.1888)

1668-DeathofHeinrichRoth,Germanmissionaryandscholar(b.1620)

1918-BirthofRobertA.Boyd,Canadianengineer(d.2006)

1918-TheHammondCircusTrainWreckkills86andinjures127nearHammond,Indiana.

1868-Typewriter:ChristopherLathamSholesreceivedapatentforaninventionhecalledthe"Type-Writer."

24 25 26 27 28 29 301918-BirthofMildredLadnerThompson,Americanjournalistandauthor(d.2013)

1968-DeathofTonyHancock,Englishactor,producer,andscreenwriter(b.1924)

1718-AlexeiPetrovich,TsarevichofRussia,PetertheGreat'sson,mysteriouslydiesafterbeingsentencedtodeathbyhisfatherfortreason.

1918-BirthofAdolphKiefer,Americanswimmer(d.2017)

1918-BirthofWilliamWhitelaw,1stViscountWhitelaw.

1818-BirthofAngeloSecchi,Italianastronomerandacademic(d.1878)

1468-BirthofJohn,ElectorofSaxony(d.1532)

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July 2018 Notable anniversaries FromRusselTarr(@russeltarr/@activehistory)


1968-TheUnitedStatesCentralIntelligenceAgency'sPhoenixProgramisofficiallyestablished.

1918-DeathofMehmedV,Ottomansultan(b.1844)

AD68-BirthofSaloninaMatidia,RomandaughterofUlpiaMarciana(d.119)

1918-BirthofK.Karunakaran,Indianlawyerandpolitician,7thChiefMinisterofKerala(d.2010)

1818-BirthofAdolfAnderssen,Germanchessplayer(d.1879)

1718-DeathofAlexeiPetrovich,TsarevichofRussia(b.1690)

8 9 10 11 12 13 141918-BirthofPaulB.Fay,Americanbusinessman,soldier,anddiplomat.

1918-BirthofNicolaasGovertdeBruijn,Dutchmathematicianandacademic(d.2012)

1918-BirthofJamesAldridge,Australian-Englishjournalistandauthor(d.2015)

1918-BirthofVenetiaBurney,Englisheducator,whonamedPluto(d.2009)

1918-TheImperialJapaneseNavybattleshipKawachiblowsupatShunan,westernHonshu,Japan,killingatleast621.

1918-BirthofAlbertoAscari,Italianracecardriver(d.1955)

1868-BirthofGertrudeBell,Englisharchaeologistandspy(d.1926)

15 16 17 18 19 20 211918-WorldWarI:TheSecondBattleoftheMarnebeginsneartheRiverMarnewithaGermanattack.

1918-BirthofDenisEdwardArnold,Englishsoldier(d.2015)

1918-TsarNicholasIIofRussiaandhisimmediatefamilyandretainersareexecutedbyBolshevikChekistsattheIpatievHouseinYekaterinburg,Russia.

1918-BirthofNelsonMandela,SouthAfricanlawyerandpolitician,1stPresidentofSouthAfrica,NobelPrizelaureate(d.2013)

1868-BirthofFlorenceFosterJenkins,Americansopranoandeducator(d.1945)

1968-DeathofBrayHammond,Americanhistorianandauthor(b.1886)

1718-TheTreatyofPassarowitzbetweentheOttomanEmpire,AustriaandtheRepublicofVeniceissigned.

22 23 24 25 26 27 281918-DeathofIndraLalRoy,Indianlieutenantandpilot(b.1898)

1968-Glenvilleshootout:InCleveland,Ohio,aviolentshootoutbetweenaBlackMilitantorganizationandtheClevelandPoliceDepartmentoccurs.

1918-BirthofRuggieroRicci,Americanviolinistandeducator(d.2012)

1918-BirthofJaneFrank,Americanpainterandsculptor(d.1986)

1968-DeathofCemalTollu,Turkishlieutenantandpainter(b.1899)

1768-BirthofCharlotteCorday,FrenchassassinofJean-PaulMarat(d.1793)

1718-DeathofÉtienneBaluze,Frenchscholarandacademic(b.1630)

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July18 July 22

1018-CountDirkIIIdefeatsanarmysentbyEmperorHenryIIintheBattleofVlaardingen.

1818-BirthofEmilyBrontë,Englishnovelistandpoet(d.1848)

1918-BirthofPaulD.Boyer,Americanbiochemistandacademic,NobelPrizelaureate


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1818-BirthofMariaMitchell,Americanastronomerandacademic(d.1889)

1918-ThefirstgeneralstrikeinCanadianhistorytakesplaceinVancouver.

1918-BirthofJamesMacGregorBurns,Americanhistorian,politicalscientist,andauthor(d.2014)

1918-BirthofBrianCrozier,Australian-Englishhistorianandjournalist(d.2012)

5 6 7 8 9 10 111868-DeathofJacquesBoucherdeCrèvecœurdePerthes,Frencharchaeologistandhistorian(b.1788)

1868-BirthofPaulClaudel,Frenchpoetandplaywright(d.1955)

1918-BirthofC.Buddingh',Dutchpoetandtranslator(d.1985)

1918-WorldWarI:TheBattleofAmiensbeginsastringofalmostcontinuousAlliedvictorieswithapushthroughtheGermanfrontlines(HundredDaysOffensive).

1918-BirthofKermitBeahan,Americancolonel(d.1989)

1918-DeathofErichLöwenhardt,Germanlieutenantandpilot(b.1897)

1718-BirthofFrederickHaldimand,Swiss-Englishgeneralandpolitician,22ndGovernorofQuebec(d.1791)

12 13 14 15 16 17 181918-BirthofSidBernstein,Americanrecordproducer(d.2013)

1918-WomenenlistintheUnitedStatesMarineCorpsforthefirsttime.

1118-DeathofAlexiosIKomnenos,Byzantineemperor(b.1048)

1518-DeathofLoysetCompère,Frenchcomposer(b.1445)

1918-BolshevikrevolutionaryleaderMoiseiUritskyisassassinated.

1868-FrenchastronomerPierreJanssendiscovershelium.

19 20 21 22 23 24 251968-DeathofGeorgeGamow,Ukrainian-Americanphysicistandcosmologist(b.1904)

1968-SovietUnion-dominatedWarsawPacttroopsinvadeCzechoslovakia,crushingthePragueSpring.

1568-DeathofJeanParisotdeValette,49thGrandmasteroftheKnightsHospitaller(b.1495)

1918-BirthofMaryMcGrory,Americanjournalistandauthor(d.2004)

1618-DeathofGerbrandAdriaenszoonBredero,Dutchpoetandplaywright(b.1585)

1918-BirthofLeonardBernstein,Americanpianist,composer,andconductor(d.1990)

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1768-CaptainJamesCooksetssailfromEnglandonboardHMSEndeavour.

1918-MexicanRevolution:BattleofAmbosNogales.

1818-DeathofJeanBaptistePointduSable,Americanfurtrader,foundedChicago(b.1750)

1918-BapaumetakenbytheNewZealandDivisionintheHundredDaysOffensive.

1918-FanniKaplanshootsandseriouslyinjuresBolshevikleaderVladimirLenin,promptingthedecreeforRedTerror.

1218-Al-KamilbecomessultanoftheAyyubiddynasty.


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