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Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
October 14 – The Chicago White Sox win their First World Series by defeating their crosstown rival Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2 at South Side Park (III) November 6 – B. B. Comer is elected the 33rd governor of Alabama defeating Asa E. Stratton.
Richard Arvin Overton, oldest living man in the United States and oldest surviving American veteran (World War II) (d. 2018) Ethel Weed, American promoter of Japanese women's rights (d. 1975) May 15 – Humberto Delgado, Portuguese general, politician (d. 1965) May 16 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
According to Hermann Hagedorn (who was writing prior to World War II), the position held by the Moros was "the strongest which hostiles in the Philippines have ever defended against American assault." [8] Although the engagement was a victory for the American forces, it was also an unmitigated public-relations disaster. Whether a battle or ...
1914 – World War I begins when Austria–Hungary declares war on Serbia; 1915 – The Birth of a Nation opens; 1915 – RMS Lusitania sunk; 1915 – First transcontinental telephone is hooked up; 1916 – the U.S. acquires Virgin Islands; 1916 – Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to U.S. congress; 1916 – Louis Brandeis appointed to ...
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II
For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century; For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century. For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I; For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II