1920s (Topic)

Teresita Montez · Justa Teresa Gracia Vidal was born in Barahona, Dominican Republic to Isidoro Gracia y García, a Spaniard from the Canary Islands (Spain), and Regla María Teresa Vidal y Recio, a Dominican of Criollo descent. She was the couple's tenth and youngest child.

Bonar Law · Resigned as PM of UK due to terminal throat cancer. Age: 64

Woodrow Wilson · Was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize "for his role as founder of the League of Nations". Age: 63

Calvin Coolidge · Signed the act granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States Age: 51

Kaiser Wilhelm II · Purchased a country house in the municipality of Doorn, known as Huis Doorn, and moved in Age: 61

Kaiser Wilhelm II · Wed 35-year-old Hermine in Doorn Age: 63

Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis) · Another renovation conducted to increase the width to allow bigger trains that would house more passengers

Albert Einstein · Was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". Age: 42

Albert Einstein · Visited New York City for the first time, where he received an official welcome by Mayor John Francis Hylan Age: 42

Henry Ford · Closed the Independent after numerous trials Age: 64

Henry Ford · Published The International Jew Age: 56

Charles A. Lindbergh · Was promoted to first lieutenant Age: 23

Charles A. Lindbergh · Was honored as the first Time magazine Man of the Year Age: 25

Charles A. Lindbergh · Toured 16 Latin American countries dubbed as the "Good Will Tour" Age: 25 - 26

Charles A. Lindbergh · Made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours Age: 25 - 25

Charles A. Lindbergh · Awarded Lindbergh the Medal of Honor, despite the fact that it was almost always awarded for heroism in combat Age: 25

Charles A. Lindbergh · Was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Air Corps of the Officers Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army Age: 25

Bessie Coleman · Earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and was the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license. Age: 29

Douglas MacArthur · Took command of the IV Corps Area, based at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia Age: 45

Douglas MacArthur · Was promoted, becoming the Army's youngest major general Age: 44

Douglas MacArthur · Married at Louise Cromwell Brooks's family's villa in Palm Beach, Florida Age: 42

Faisal I of Iraq · Was made king of Iraq Age: 38

Faisal I of Iraq · Was expelled from Syria after French victory in the Battle of Maysalun Age: 37

Faisal I of Iraq · Was proclaimed King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (Greater Syria) by the Syrian National Congress government of Hashim al-Atassi Age: 36

Franklin D. Roosevelt · Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York Age: 46

Franklin D. Roosevelt · Came down with an illness characterized by fever, ascending paralysis, facial paralysis, prolonged bowel and bladder dysfunction, and numbness and hypersensitivity of the skin, almost killing him Age: 39

Jimmy Carter · James Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia, at the Wise Sanitarium, where his mother worked as a registered nurse

Louis Mountbatten · Was promoted lieutenant Age: 19

Helen Gwynne-Vaughan · Was promoted to Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Age: 50

Pueblo Opera House · The Pueblo Grocers' Association's annual ball was held there, and it is believed that a cigarette may have ignited litter left behind after the event. The fire was discovered at 1:15 a.m., the roof collapsed at 1:50, and all the interior floors had given way by 2:10. Despite the fire department's efforts to save the building, it was a total loss.

Martin Luther King · Was born Michael King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, the second of three children to Michael King and Alberta King

Jean Kennedy Smith · Born on February 20, 1928, at St. Margaret's Center for Women and Children in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, on her elder sister Kathleen's birthday. She was the eighth of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy

Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg · Died of influenza in Germany at a very young age Age: 29

Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg · Born at Berg Castle, in central Luxembourg, the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and of Prince Félix

Adolf Hitler · Arrested for high treason Age: 34

Adolf Hitler · Discharged from the army and began working full-time for the nazi party Age: 30

Adolf Hitler · Pardoned by the Bavarian Supreme Court and released from jail Age: 35

Adolf Hitler · Was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Landsberg Prison Age: 34

Adolf Hitler · Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting of 3,000 people organised by Kahr in the Bürgerbräukeller, a beer hall in Munich. Age: 34

King Olav V · He married his first cousin Princess Märtha of Sweden, the first royal wedding in Norway in 340 years Age: 25

Prince Philip · Was born on the dining room table in Mon Repos, a villa on the Greek island of Corfu. He was the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.

Queen Elizabeth II · Born as the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She was delivered at 02:40 by Caesarean section at her maternal grandfather's London home, 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair.

Winston Churchill · Becoming Chancellor he formally rejoined the Conservative Party Age: 49

Winston Churchill · His fifth and last child, Mary, was born. Age: 47

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Joined Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party Age: 33

Ethel Kennedy · Born as the sixth child of George Skakel and Ann Brannack.

Lou Gehrig · 2,130 consecutive game streak commences as Gehrig enters a game as a pinch hitter, substituting for shortstop Paul "Pee Wee" Wanninger. Age: 21