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Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Robert F. Ligon (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown); Lieutenant Governor of California: James A. Johnson ()
Sholem Aleichem edits the first issue of the anthology Di Yidishe Folksbibliotek in Kiev, giving important exposure to young writers in Yiddish, including I. L. Peretz's long ballad "Monish". [ 6 ] The Finnish epic Kalevala is published for the first time in English, in a translation by American linguist John Martin Crawford .
Frank had hoped that her diary would be published as a novel after the war, but little did she know that this important document would later be read by millions around the world. Frank made her ...
1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
Friday the 13th has a long history of freaking people out. When this day rolls around, people buy and travel less. In fact, the global economy is estimated to lose as much as $900 million every ...
1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.; 1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
December 22 – Jerry Pinkney, American illustrator of children's books (d. 2021) December 24 – Dean Corll, serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and torturer (k. 1973) December 25. Don Alias, jazz percussionist (d. 2006) Bob James, jazz keyboardist and arranger; December 26 – Phil Spector, American record producer and murderer (d. 2021)
June 13: Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister of Israel, is voted out of office; Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid are sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel and as Alternate Prime Minister of Israel, respectively. June 19: Joe Biden signs Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, making Juneteenth a federal holiday.