Category: 20th Century

1908

Rulers: • Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910) • Edward VII, Emperor of India (1901-1910) Events: • Museo de Zaragoza founded in Zaragoza, España. Births: • Ayres, Lew (1908-1996) • Davis, Bette (1908-1989) • Dunne, Philip (1908-1992) • Ebsen, Buddy (1908-2003) • Harrison, Rex (1908-1990)…

1902

Rulers: • Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910) • Edward VII, Emperor of India (1901-1910) Events: • Galleria Borghese established in Rome. • Museum Folkwang (Essen) founded. Births: • Aherne, Brian (1902-1986) • Asquith, Anthony (1902-1968) • Lanchester, Elsa (1902-1986) • Lecourtois,…

1969

Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1963-1969) • Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) Events: • Norton Simon Museum established in Pasadena, California. Births: • Aniston, Jennifer (1969) • Bardem, Javier…

1937

Rulers: • Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) Events: • National Gallery of Art established in Washington, DC (USA). • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum founded in New York. Births: • Beatty, Ned (1937-2021) • Beatty, Warren (1937) • Bene, Carmelo (1937-2002) • Berkoff, Steven (1937) • Cannon, Dyan…

1901

Rulers: • William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (1897-1901) • Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) • Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901) • Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910) • Edward VII, Emperor of India (1901-1910) Events: • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and…

1955

Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown) opened to the public. • William Faulkner (1897-1962): National Book Award (1951, 1955). • William Faulkner (1897-1962): Pulitzer Prize for Fiction…

1917

Rulers: • Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913-1921) Births: • Allyson, June (1917-2006) • Borgnine, Ernest (1917-2012) • Bourvil (1917-1970) • Brown, Pamela (1917-1975) • Burgess, Anthony (1917-1933) • Burr, Raymond (1917-1993) • Darrieux, Danielle (1917-2017) • Donald, James (1917-1993) • Ferrer, Mel (1917-2008) • Fontaine, Joan…

1957

Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Albert Camus (1913-1960): Nobel Prize in Literature. • Forest Lawn Museum established in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. • Museu Calouste Gulbenkian established in…

1907

Rulers: • Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910) • Edward VII, Emperor of India (1901-1910) Events: • Allegheny City, annexed by Pittsburgh. • National Museum Wales founded in Cardiff. • Picasso purchases Rousseau’s painting Portrait of a Woman for 5 francs. • Renoir moves…

1986

Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) Events: • Musée d’Orsay established in Paris. Births: • Bergès-Frisbey, Àstrid (1986) • Flores, Alba (1986) • Jenner, Michelle (1986) • Lohan, Lindsay (1986) • Menéndez,…