Events and trends

Technology

• A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. The mesh cover at the front of the engine (left of photo) prevents debris - or people - from being... Jet engine invented

Science

• Sketch of induced nuclear fission, a neutron (n) strikes a uranium nucleus which splits into daughter products, and releases more neutrons to continue the process, and energy in the form of gamma and other radiation In physics, fission is a nuclear process, meaning it occurs in the nucleus of an... Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Meitner with cigarette Lise Meitner (November 7, 1878–October 27, 1968) was an Austrian physicist who studied radioactivity and nuclear physics. Born in Vienna, Austria, Lise Meitner was the third of eight children of a Jewish family. She entered the University of Vienna in 1901, studying physics under Ludwig... Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann
• Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 0.15-0.30 Pascal Composition Nitrogen,Methane Pluto is the ninth planet from the Sun in our solar system. Because Pluto is also the smallest planet in our solar system and has a highly eccentric orbit (which takes it inside the orbit of Neptune) there... Pluto, the ninth planet from the The Sun (occasionally referred to as Sol) is the star at the centre of our solar system. Planet Earth orbits the Sun, as do innumerable other bodies including other planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets and dust. In common usage, the primary stellar body around which an object orbits is called its... Sun, is discovered by Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930. He made the discovery at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, during a systematic search for a trans-Neptunian planet (also called Planet X), which had been predicted by Percival... Clyde Tombaugh
• British biologist Sir Arthur George Tansley (1871 - 1955) was an English botanist who was a pioneer in the science of plant ecology. He coined the term ecosystem in 1935. He was one of the founders of the British Ecological Society, and editor of the Journal of Ecology for twenty years. Categories: People... Arthur Tansley coins term " In ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms - also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. The term ecosystem first appeared in a 1935 publication by the British ecologist Arthur Tansley. However, the term had been coined... ecosystem"

War, peace and politics

• Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism has been defined in various ways (see definitions of capitalism). In common usage it refers to an economic system in which land and capital are privately owned and operated for profit and where investments, production, distribution, income, and prices are determined largely through the operation of a free market... Capitalism
• Rise to power of For other people with the surname Hitler, see Hitler (disambiguation). Adolf Hitler ( 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary – 30 April 1945 in Berlin, Germany) was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (more widely known as the Nazi Party) and Führer und Reichskanzler... Adolf Hitler in The history of Germany is, in places, extremely complicated and depends much on how one defines Germany. As a nation-state, Germany did not exist until 1871. Before the 19th century, Germany can only be looked at as a cultural region where many territories, with greatly varying independence, each had... Germany
• Under Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin ( Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili ( Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილ... Joseph Stalin, millions die in A famine is an phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are undernourished and death by starvation becomes increasingly common. Famine was so well known in the ancient world that Famine was one of the biblical Four horsemen of the Apocalypse. In spite... famines. The The Great Purge is the name given to campaigns of repression in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s which included a purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The term repression was officially used to denote the prosecution of people recognized as counter-revolutionaries and enemies of... Great Purges eliminate all Old Bolshevik Party Meeting. A Bolshevik (Большеви́к, derived from Russian word loosely translated as majority) was a member of a faction of Bolsheviks of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP), the Marxist political party led by Vladimir Lenin that seized power... Bolsheviks from the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet government, except for Molotov can mean: Vyacheslav Molotov was a Soviet politician Molotov is an old name of the Russian city of Perm Molotov is a Mexican HipHop group Molotov cocktail is a weapon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Molotov and Stalin himself.
• Almost all of Continental Europe is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding the European islands and peninsulae. In British usage, Great Britain and Ireland are excluded. In the English-speaking mind, Continental Europe (often simply called the Continent by the British) is foremost represented by the Benelux, Germany and especially France. In Scandinavian... Continental Europe moves to The term authoritarianism is used to describe an organization or a state which enforces strong and sometimes oppressive measures against the population. It is distinguished from totalitarianism both by degree and scope, authoritarian administration or governance being less intrusive and in the case of groups not necessarily backed by the... Authoritarianism or The concept of Totalitarianism is a typology or ideal-type used by some political scientists to encapsulate the characteristics of a number of twentieth century regimes that mobilized entire populations in support of the state or an ideology. According to these historical approximations, totalitarian regimes are more repressive of pluralism... Totalitarianism
• Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan invaded The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. China  listen? ( Traditional: 中國; Simplified: 中国; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a nation located chiefly in continental East... China as a precursor to Japanese invasions in Southeast Asia
• The Alternative meaning: Spanish Civil War, 1820-1823 A republican soldier seeks cover on the Plaza de Toros in Teruel, east of Madrid. The Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) was the result of complex political differences between the Republicans — supporters of the government of the day, the Second Spanish Republic... Spanish Civil War
• Start of Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II in Asia and Europe

Economics

• Worldwide The Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. However, most of the remainder of the 1930s was spent recovering from the contraction, and it would be well after World War II when such indicators as industrial production, share prices and global GDP... Great Depression

Culture, religion

• Radio transmission diagram and electromagnetic waves Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. Radio waves Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and are created whenever a charged object accelerates with a frequency that lies... Radio becomes dominant mass media in industrial nations.
• First intercontinental commercial airline flights.
• Height of the Asheville City Hall. This building epotomizes the Art Deco style of the 1920s. Art Deco was a movement in decorative arts that also affected architecture. It derived its name from the Worlds fair held in Paris in 1925, formally titled the Exposition Internationale des Arts D coratifs et Industriels... Art Deco movement in Europe and the US
• The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film based on L. Frank Baums turn-of-the-century childrens story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a resourceful American girl is snatched up by a Kansas tornado and deposited in a fantastic land of witches, talking... The Wizard of Oz
• " A big bang, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially Swing. The band is divided up into a number of sections, by instrument; each section usually has four or more members. All bands usually have a rhythm section, made up of... Big band" or " The term Swing has several meanings: Swing (dance), a kind of dance, including West Coast Swing and East Coast Swing. Swing (genre), a style of music. Swing language, another name for Jive talk. Swung note, a musical rhythm or technique. Swing (Java), a Java program library. Swing (film), a film... swing" music becomes popular (from 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 - Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to... 1935 onward)

Others

People

World leaders

• Prime Minister For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. Richard Bedford Bennett (July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947) was the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930 to October 23, 1935. He was born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, Canada, and studied at Dalhousie University... Richard Bedford Bennett ( Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada)
• Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King ( December 17, 1874– July 22, 1950) was the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921, to June 28, 1926; September 25, 1926, to August 7, 1930; and October 23, 1935, to November 15, 1948. He had the longest combined time in the Prime... William Lyon Mackenzie King ( Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada)
• President Chiang Kai-shek ( October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928... Chiang Kai-shek ( The Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a multiparty democratic state that is composed of the... Republic of China)
• President Lin Sen (Chinese: 林森, pinyin: Lín Sēn) (1868 – August 1, 1943), courtesy name Zichao (子超), sobriquet Changren (長仁), was Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China from 1932 until his death. Born in Shangan Township (尚幹鄉), Minhou County... Lin Sen ( The Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a multiparty democratic state that is composed of the... Republic of China)
• President Paul von Hindenburg President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg (full name Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) ( October 2, 1847– August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman. An important figure during World War I, he also served as President of Germany from 1925... Paul von Hindenburg ( The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany)
• For other people with the surname Hitler, see Hitler (disambiguation). Adolf Hitler ( 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary – 30 April 1945 in Berlin, Germany) was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (more widely known as the Nazi Party) and Führer und Reichskanzler... Adolf Hitler ( The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany)
• King Victor Emmanuel III Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III) (November 11, 1869 - December 28, 1947), nicknamed The Soldier, was the King of Italy (July 29, 1900 - May 9, 1946), and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1943) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943). Victor Emmanuel IIIs position... Victor Emmanuel III ( The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italy)
• Prime Minister Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 _ April 28, 1945) ruled Italy as a dictator from 1922 to 1943. He created a fascist state through the... Benito Mussolini ( The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italy)
• President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – November 10, 1938), Turkish soldier and statesman, was the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Early career Atatürk was born in the Ottoman city of Selânik (now Thessaloníki, Greece), where his birthplace is within... Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ( The Republic of Turkey is a country located in Southwest Asia with a small part of its territory (3%) in southeastern Europe. Until 1922, the country was the center of the Ottoman Empire. The Anatolian peninsula, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, forms the core of the country... Turkey)
• Emperor Hirohito (裕仁), the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇), (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. He was known in the West by his given name Hirohito (he had no surname). He was the 124th Emperor of Japan. Emperor Hirohito His... Hirohito ( Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan)
• Pius XI (born Achille Ratti May 31, 1857 - Rome, February 10, 1939) was Pope from February 6, 1922 until February 10, 1939. Pope Pius XI Crowned He issued the encyclical Quas Primas establishing the feast of Christ the King. The main idea here is that the Catholic religion, beliefs, morality... Pope Pius XI
• Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin ( Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili ( Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილ... Joseph Stalin ( The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet Union)
• King King George V King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the... George V ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• King King Edward VIII King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, King of Ireland Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VIII, (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David), later His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was the second British monarch of the... Edward VIII ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. As well as being the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British... George VI ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald (October 12, 1866 - November 9, 1937) was Britains first Labour Prime Minister (January-November 1924 and June 1929-August 1931) and subsequently Prime Minister of the National Government of August 1931-June 1935. Biography Born at Lossiemouth in Scotland, he was from very humble beginnings and... Ramsay MacDonald ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (August 3, 1867 - December 14, 1947) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on three separate occasions. Early Life Born at Bewdley in Worcestershire he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and went into the family business. In 1908 he succeeded... Stanley Baldwin ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 - 9 November 1940) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 - 1940. Chamberlain is perhaps one of the most controversial prime ministers of the 20th century, largely due to his policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany. Early life Joseph... Neville Chamberlain ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• President Herbert Clark Hoover ( August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) is best known as being the 31st ( 1929- 1933) President of the United States. However, prior to that, he was a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. He had the longest retirement of any U.S. President. Family background Hoover... Herbert Hoover ( The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States)
• President . Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to as FDR, was the 32nd ( 1933– 1945) President of the United States. He was elected to an unprecedented four terms, and died in office — he remains the only U.S. president elected more than twice... Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States)
• President William Thomas Cosgrave, (June 6, 1880 - November 16, 1965) served as the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932. W.T. Cosgrave, as he was generally known, was born in Dublin in 1880. He was elected as a member of Dublin Corporation... W.T. Cosgrave ( The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British... Irish Free State)
• President Eamon de Valera1 (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara) (October 14, 1882 - August 29, 1975), was a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and of the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, and was subsequently... Eamon de Valera ( The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British... Irish Free State)
• Taoiseach Eamon de Valera1 (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara) (October 14, 1882 - August 29, 1975), was a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and of the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, and was subsequently... Eamon de Valera ( Map of Éire Éire (pronounced AIR uh, in the Irish language, translated as Ireland) is the name given in Article 4 of the 1937 Irish constitution to the 26-county Irish state, created under the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was known between 1922 and 1937 as the... Éire)

Entertainers

• Arthur Stanley Jefferson (1890-1965) is better known as comedian Stan Laurel. Biography Early youth Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born on June 16, 1890 in his grandparent’s house in Ulverston, North Lancashire. He was the second of five children. His father, A. J. Jefferson, managed a number of... Stan Laurel and Oliver Norvell Hardy (January 18, 1892 - August 7, 1957) was an American film actor. With Stan Laurel, he formed half of perhaps the most famous comedy partnership in film history, Laurel and Hardy. Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. In his first film, Outwitting Dad (1914), Hardy chose... Oliver Hardy
• Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 19011 – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nickname Satchmo) was an African American jazz musician. Probably the most famous jazz musician of the 20th century, Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional... Louis Armstrong
• Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway ballroom dancer and actor. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films. Astaire was a name taken by him and his sister Adele... Fred Astaire
• Bing wooed fans with a sensuous voice, wit, and good looks. Harry Lillis Bing Crosby ( May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was a popular American singer and actor of Irish descent, whose career spanned multiple generations. In 1992, Artie Shaw offered his opinion of Crosbys place in American culture... Bing Crosby
• Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (Born: April 29, 1899 in Washington, DC - Died: May 24, 1974 in New York City) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 and in 1973, the Legion of Honor by France. Both are the highest... Duke Ellington
• Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American jazz musician and band leader in the Swing era. One of his most famous pieces was In the Mood, probably the most well-known recording of the style. Musician and Bandleader Born in Clarinda, Iowa, during the... Glenn Miller and his Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). An orchestra is a musical ensemble used most often in classical music. A small orchestra is called a chamber orchestra. Full size orchestras may sometimes be called symphony orchestras or philharmonic orchestras; these prefixes do not indicate any difference either to the instrumental content or... orchestra
• Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was a American film actress who is considered one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywoods Golden Era of musical film. Child star Dorothy with dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, she... Judy Garland
• Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003) was a notable American film and stage actress. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, more than any other actress, and was awarded a record four. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut and was educated at Bryn... Katharine Hepburn
• Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 _ February 2, 1969), born William Henry Pratt, was a famous actor in horror films. Born in London and educated at Uppingham School and the University of London, Karloffs first goal in life was to become a diplomat, but instead he fell into acting... Boris Karloff
• 1931 film poster, promoting Bela Lugosis genre-defining turn as Dracula. B la Lugosi was the stage name of actor B la Ferenc Dezső Blask (October 20, 1882–August 16, 1956). He was born in Lugos, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), the youngest of four children... Bela Lugosi
• The See Marx brothers (fencing) for the 16th century German brotherhood. The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. The brothers were Chico (Leonard, 1887-1961), Harpo (Adolph/Arthur, 1888-1964), Groucho (Julius Henry, 1890-1977), Gummo (Milton, 1892-1977), and... Marx Brothers
• Edward G. Robinson (December 12, 1893 - January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and film. Born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, he emigrated with his family to New York in 1903. He attended Townsend Harris High School and then City College of New York, but an interest in... Edward G. Robinson
• Virginia Katherine McMath (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995), better known as Ginger Rogers, was an American actress and dancer. She is most remembered as Fred Astaires romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten all-singing all-dancing Hollywood musicals, but her acting career spanned... Ginger Rogers
• Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943) was an African-American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. He was born Thomas Wright Waller in New York City. Waller studied classical piano and organ before apprenticing himself to legendary Harlem stride pianist James P. Johnson. Johnson introduced Waller to... Fats Waller
• Alice Brady (November 2, 1892–October 28, 1939) was an American actress in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. She broke onto the movie scene at the age of 22 New York City with World Studios, since her father, William A. Brady, was its owner as well as an... Alice Brady

Sports figures

• Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. Cricket career Early years Born in Cootamundra, but raised in Bowral where the Bradman Museum and... Donald Bradman (Australian Cricket (disambiguation). Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far... cricketer)
• John Raymond Dyer (November 13, 1913 - August 23, 2003), better known as Jack Dyer, was one of the best-known figures of Australian Rules football, as an outstanding player, as a coach, and later in the broadcast media. Dyer was born in Oakleigh, now a suburb of Melbourne, and grew... Jack Dyer (Australian Australian rules football (also known as Aussie Rules or Footy) is a game played between two teams of 18 players, generally played on cricket ovals during the winter months. Developed in Melbourne, this football code has become the predominant winter sport in many parts of Australia. General description Football competitions... Australian Rules Football player)
• Owens setting the world record in the long jump at the University of Michigan in 1935 Medal ceremony for the long jump at the 1936 Olympics with Tajima, Owens and Lutz Long. James Cleveland Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader... Jesse Owens (U.S. This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as Track and Field. Thus, Track and Field redirects here. If you are looking for the American English definition of the word athletics, which is used... track and field athlete)
• Frederick John Perry (May 18, 1909 - February 2, 1995) was a British tennis player and three-time Wimbledon champion. Born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, his father was elected to the British House of Commons as a Labour Party member. Perry was a table tennis world champion before taking up tennis... Fred Perry (English Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a... tennis player)