Category: 1910s
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A Chicago Grand Jury Indicts Eight Players From the Chicago White Sox on Allegations of Game-Fixing During the 1919 World Series Baseball. September 28, 1920.
Image: 1919 Chicago White Sox team photo. (Public Domain.) On this day in history, a Chicago grand jury indicts eight players from the Chicago White Sox on allegations of game-fixing during the 1919 World Series baseball. White Sox owner Charles Comiskey instantly suspends Chick Gandil, Buck Weaver, Happy Felsch, Swede Risberg, Fred McMullin, Eddie Cocotte, Lefty…
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A Collection of 40 Rare Color Photographs of France in World War I
Serving in the French Army, photographer Fernand Cuville (1887–1927) continued the autochromists’ tradition of recording the world around them in great detail. These color photographs were taken by Cuville in 1917. His photos capture French soldiers in everyday situations, including cleaning their clothes and eating lunch. They also show war’s destruction in scenes of crumbling…
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The Amazing Story of a Black German Soldier During World War 1
A group that is rarely talked about in regards to German history and it’s dealings with people from different continents are the Africans. Most know the Askari, who fought with von Lettow-Vorbeck in the First World War. Yet rarely any know of those that actually traveled to Germany and lived most or even all of…
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General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), along with 25,000 soldiers who had fought in the AEF’s 1st Division on the Western Front parade down Fifth Avenue while New Yorkers showered them with rose petals after Returning From War. September 10, 1919.
Image: General John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 10, 1919, almost one year after an armistice officially ended World War I, New York City holds a parade to welcome home General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), along with 25,000 soldiers who…
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The Battle of Tannenberg Ended With the Destruction of the Russian Second Army, With 140,000 Killed, Injured, or Captured by the German 8th Army. August 30, 1914.
Image: Russian prisoners of war after the Battle of Tannenberg (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, August 30, 1914, the Battle of Tannenberg ended with the destruction of the Russian Second Army, with 140,000 killed, injured, or captured by the German 8th Army led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff. History Daily: 365…
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History Daily: August 29
WOMEN JOIN BRITISH WAR EFFORT On August 29, 1914, with World War I approaching the end of its first month, the Women’s Defense Relief Corps was formed in Britain. Though women’s rights organizations in Britain had initially opposed the country’s entry into World War I, they soon reversed their position, recognizing the potential of the…
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Ishi, the Last Surviving Member of the Native American Yahi Tribe, is Discovered Near Oroville, California. August 29, 1911.
Image: Ishi portrait. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, Ishi, who was described as the last surviving member of the Native American Yahi tribe, is discovered near Oroville, California. History Daily: 365 Fascinating Happenings Volume 1 & Volume 2 – August 29, 1911 By the early 20th century, Anglo-Americans had overwhelmed the North American…
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German Soldiers Stationed in the Belgian Village of Louvain During the Opening Month of World War I Burn and Loot Much of the Town, Executing Hundreds of Civilians. August 25, 1914.
Image: Depiction of the mass murder of civilians in Blégny by Évariste Carpentier. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, and over the next five days, German soldiers stationed in the Belgian village of Louvain during the opening month of World War I burn and loot much of the town, executing hundreds of civilians. Located…
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Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is Stolen Right Off the Walls of the Louvre in Paris. August 21, 1911.
On this day in history, on a quiet, humid Monday morning in Paris, three men were hurrying out of the Louvre with what would become the most famous painting in the world. They were committing the “art heist of the century.” History Daily: 365 Fascinating Happenings Volume 1 & Volume 2 – August 21, 1914…
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Famed Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mistress, her two children, and a Group of Workmen Were Killed After an Employee Set his Home on Fire. August 15, 1914.
On this day in history, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright was away attending to the construction of Midway Gardens in Chicago when he received a terrible message: “Taliesin destroyed by fire,” it read, and that was all. For the time being, at least, Wright knew little: Their servant, Julian Carlton, had attacked Mamah, Wright’s mistress,…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 