1900 General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes

1903 First Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom

1906 British Labour Party organizes

1912 Fram reaches latitude 78º 41' S, farthest south ever by ship

1913 First avant-garde art show in America opens in New York NY

1917 San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated

1918 Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar

1918 First WWI US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland

1919 1,700 Jews are murdered in the Ukrainian town of Proskoruv by followers of Simon Petlura, Ukrainian Nationalist leader.

1919 American Legion organizes in Paris

1922 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex

1926 Contract air mail service begins in US

1929 St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago)

1931 First Dracula movie released

1932 3rd Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid NY

1932 Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time

1932 George Burns & Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show"

1932 US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1933 Karl Radek praises invincible force of German communist party

1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt

1933 Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwärts" banned again in Berlin

1936 -60º F (-51º C), Parshall ND (state record)

1936 Hitler announces building of Volkswagens for the people

1936 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympics figure skating gold

1937 The American Elm becomes the state tree of Nebraska.

1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched

1941 Duke Ellington first records "Take the A Train"

1942 British and Australian forces surrender at Singapore Over 15,000 Australian soldiers become prisoners of war

1942 German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery

1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra

1942 The British colony of Singapore surrenders to Japanese troops during WWII.

1943 The Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet assigned responsibility for sea-going development of helicopters

1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid

1944 891 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 Bombing & shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins

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