Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 - 1913 - 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
See also: Events:
- January 30 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill[?]
- February 1 - New York City's Grand Central Station[?] opens as the world's largest train station.
- February 3 - The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income tax.
- February 17 - The Armory Show[?] opens in New York City. It displays works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century
- February 19 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time
- February 25 - The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing a graduated income tax, is ratified.
- March 12 - Canberra becomes the capital of Australia
- March 18 - George I of Greece is assassinated.
- March 20 - Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT) is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days after.
- March 26 - Balkan War[?]: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople[?].
- May 13 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first person to pilot a four engine aircraft.
- May 14 - New York Governor William Sulzer[?] approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller.
- May 29 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris
- May 30 - First Balkan War[?]: A peace treaty is signed in London ending the war.
- The Seventeenth Amendment - the direct election of senators - becomes law
- de Sitter[?]: speed of light is independent of speed of source
- Sagnac[?]: speed of light depends on speed of rotating platform
- Change of US presidency from William Howard Taft (1909-1913) to Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
- Painting September Morn creates a national sensation in U.S.
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1913 in film
- The first Charlie Chaplin movies are made
- December 29 - The first serial motion picture, The Unwelcome Throne[?] is released by Seligs Polyscope Company[?].
- 1913 in literature
- 1913 in music
- near-riot at premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
- 1913 in sports[?]
Births:
- January 5 - Jean-Pierre Aumont[?], actor
- January 6 - Loretta Young, actress (+ 2000)
- January 9 - Richard M. Nixon, United States President
- January 15 - Lloyd Bridges[?], actor (+ 1998)
- January 18 - Danny Kaye, actor (+ 1987)
- January 29 - Peter von Zahn[?], journalist and writer
- February 4 - Rosa Parks, civil rights activist
- February 6 - Mary Leakey[?], anthropologist (+ 1996)
- February 11 - Lucio Diestro[?], composer.
- February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa, labor union leader (+ 1975 (disappeared))
- February 14 - Mel Allen[?], sports reporter (+ 1996)
- February 25 - Gert Fröbe[?], actor (+ 1988)
- February 25 - Jim Backus, actor (+ 1989)
- February 27 - Irwin Shaw[?], writer (+ 1984)
- March 4 - John Garfield, actor (+ 1952)
- March 13 - William Casey, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (+ 1987)
- March 29 - Tony Zale[?], world champion boxer (+ 1997)
- March 30 - Richard Helms, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (+ 2002)
- March 30 - Frankie Laine[?], singer
- May 11 - Robert Jungk[?], publicist and futurologist (+ 1994)
- May 16 - Woody Herman[?], musician, band leader (+ 1987)
- May 20 - William Hewlett, cofounder of Hewlett-Packard
- May 26 - Peter Cushing, British actor (+ 1994)
- June 11 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach
- July 14 - Gerald Ford, American president.
- August 28 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novellist
- September 12 - Jesse Owens, American athlete
- September 29 - Trevor Howard, actor
- September 30 - Bill Walsh, Movie producer and writer.
- November 2 - Burt Lancaster, actor
- November 5 - Vivien Leigh, British actress
- November 7 - Albert Camus, writer
- November 22 - Benjamin Britten, composer
Deaths:
- January 1 - Alfred von Schlieffen[?], German field marshal
- March 10 - Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor, anti-slavery activist
- March 22 - Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of KMT
- October 5 - Hans von Bartels, German painter
- Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh biologist
- Physics - Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes
- Chemistry- Alfred Werner[?]
- Medicine - Charles Robert Richet[?]
- Literature - Rabindranath Tagore
- Peace - Henri La Fontaine[?]
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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