People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
1926
1926 · Music
Szymanowski’s King Roger premieres in Warsaw
June 19, 19261926
1926 · Politics
Symon Petliura is killed in Paris
May 25, 19261924
1924 · Politics
Nellie Tayloe Ross Becomes the First Woman Elected Governor
November 4, 19241923
1923 · Film & TV
A Four-Page Contract Starts the Disney Studio
October 16, 19231922
1922 · History
Carter Looks Into Tutankhamun's Antechamber
November 26, 19221922
1922 · History
Howard Carter Finds the First Step to Tutankhamun’s Tomb
November 4, 19221921
1921 · Politics
Spanish prime minister Eduardo Dato is assassinated
March 8, 19211919
1919 · Politics
Bavarian premier Kurt Eisner is assassinated
February 21, 19191918
1918 · Politics
The Announcement That Ended Kaiser Wilhelm II's Rule
November 9, 1918
1918 · War & Conflict
Alvin York's Patrol in the Argonne
October 8, 19181917
1917 · War & Conflict
Mata Hari’s Execution: Espionage, Evidence and Wartime Justice
October 15, 19171915
1915 · Science