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Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist. Fellow psychiatrist Hans Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identified him as partially responsible for laying the …
Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (born 1856)
Evald Kristian Relander was a Finnish teacher and banker who received the title of agricultural councillor (maanviljelysneuvos). His son was Lauri Kristian Relander, the second Pre…
Evald Relander, Finnish teacher, agronomist and banker (born 1856)
Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (born 1838)
Hans Ernst Kinck was a Norwegian author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (born 1865)
Ludvig Karsten was a Norwegian painter. He was a neo-impressionist influenced by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and contemporary French painting. He first participated at the Autumn e…
Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (born 1876)
Eugene Victor Debs was an American socialist activist and trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a five-time candidate …
Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (born 1855)
Warren Kenneth Wood was an American amateur golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (born 1887)
The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out the first verified trip of any kind to the North Pole, an overflight on 11 through 14 May 1926. It was also the fi…
The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald Amundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the
Pentecostalism, also known as classical Pentecostalism, is a movement within the evangelical wing of Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God throu…
Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was reportedly kidnapped near Venice Beach in Los Angeles before reappeari
Pentecostalism, also known as classical Pentecostalism, is a movement within the evangelical wing of Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God throu…
Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson (pictured) was reportedly kidnapped near Venice Beach in Los Angeles befor
The 28th International Eucharistic Congress was held in Chicago, Illinois, United States from June 20 to 24, 1926. The event, held by the Catholic Church, was a eucharistic congres…
Approximately 250,000 spectators attended the opening procession of the 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chica
Dromcollogher, officially Dromcolliher, is a village and civil parish in the west of County Limerick, Ireland. The village, which is located at the crossroads of the R522 and R515 …
Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.
The College Board, styled as CollegeBoard, is an American not-for-profit organization. It was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand acc…
The College Board administered the first SAT, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the Uni
The College Board, styled as CollegeBoard, is an American not-for-profit organization. It was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand acc…
The College Board administered the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, a major standardized test for university and…
Winnie-the-Pooh is a 1926 children's book by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The book is set in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood, with a collection…
The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was published.
Háry János is a Hungarian folk opera in four acts by Zoltán Kodály with a libretto by Béla Paulini and Zsolt Harsányi. The opera is in the Singspiel style. The libretto is based on…
Háry János (poster pictured), a Hungarian folk opera by Zoltán Kodály, was premiered at the Royal Hungarian Opera…
Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles have historically included performance cars, and for much of…
Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc, is sold to Dillon, Read & Co
Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925. It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England…
Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, was published
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, …
The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris
Communism is a political and economic ideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, dis…
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded
The Communist Party of Korea was a communist party in Korea founded during a secret meeting in Seoul in 1925. The Governor-General of Korea had banned communist and socialist parti…
The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and
Artek is an international children's center on the Black Sea in the town of Gurzuf located on the Crimean Peninsula, near Ayu-Dag. It was established on 16 June 1925 as the V. I. L…
Artek, the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times, using vehicles called Blue…
Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives…
The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies world…
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.