Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
2. Marconi described his new beam system of short-wave wireless transmission at the Royal Society of Arts in London. This could transmit more words per day than previously possible, and more economically, resulting in a general reduction in telegraph rates.
2. Portuguese Prime Minister Álvaro de Castro fought a sword duel with Flight Captain Ribeiro over a political dispute. Ribiero was wounded in the arm.
6. The first photograph is sent across the Atlantic by radio.
10. Denmark gains Greenland when Norway ends its claim.
12. The original trademark application for Kleenex was filed by Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
3. Died. Franz Kafka, Austrian author (b. 1883)
5. Ernst Alexanderson sends the first facsimile across the Atlantic Ocean, which goes to his father in Sweden
8. George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen “going strong for the top” of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50pm; the two mountaineers are never seen alive again
12. Born. George HW Bush, 41st President of the United States (d. 2018)
Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
1. Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in Landsberg Prison in Germany for his participation in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (he serves less than 9 months)
15. Born. Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist (d. 2016)
20. Born. Leslie Phillips, English actor (d. 2022)
24. Born. Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster, chef and politician (d. 2009)
28. Born. Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (d. 2021)
Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.
3. The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of President Kemal Atatürk
29. Died. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, resident in United Kingdom (b. 1852)
