This Date in History Highlights Major Figures and Events
A chronological list notes birthdays, deaths, and milestones: Eugene Hale born in Turner Maine. Bertha von Sutter Nobel Peace Prize laureate born. Batthyány reinterred in Pest. Russian legation established at the Vatican. Roosevelt seeks peace terms. Julia Magruder dies at Rockingham Virginia. Chinese provinces retract independence declarations and pledge loyalty to Beijing.
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Eugene Hale
United States
Maine
Turner
Washington, D. C
Bertha von Sutter
Louis Batthyanyi
Pesth
Vatican
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Julia Magruder
Rockmond
Charlottesville
Peking
One Year Ago Today in Notable World Events
Premier Clemenceau notified Hungary that attacks on Czecho-Slovaks must cease. Leading New York financiers were moved as witnesses in the peace treaty leak investigation.
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Clemenceau
Hungary
New York
Birthdays of Noted Figures Mark Anniversary Today
Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee born 61 years ago. Sir Charles Dalton known as the fox king of Prince Edward Island born 70 years ago. Charles J. Bonaparte born in Baltimore 69 years ago. Rt. Rev. James H. Darlington born in Brooklyn 64 years ago. John F. Shiroth born in Fayette Missouri 66 years ago.
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Doveton Sturdee
Falkland Islands
Charles Dalton
the Fox King
Prince Edward Island
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Baltimore
James H. Darlington
Harrisburg
Brooklyn
John F. ShiYroth
United States
Colorado
Fayette
Painleve’s Journey Highlights French Statesman Scientist
M. Paul Painleve travels through America en route to the Orient. Renowned French War Minister and former prime minister, he rose from artisan’s son to professor at Lille and later to a Sorbonne chair, with a career spanning science and politics.
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M. Paul Painleve
America
Orient
France
M. Painleve
Lille
Sorbonne
Powerful French Leader Emerges in Public Life
He entered public life as a Chamber of Deputies member and rose rapidly. In 1915 he attained his first cabinet post as Minister of Instruction and Inventions. An accomplished orator, he is said to sway popular audiences better than any man in France.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
Native rubber gatherers in Congo paid 50 cents a week
Native rubber gatherers in the Congo work for 50 cents weekly and cover their own expenses, reflecting harsh conditions and low wages in colonial labor.
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Congo
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