1935 - Italian forces invaded Abyssinia.
1998 - Gene Autry, the "Singing Cowboy" whose "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sold more than 30 million copies, died.
2001...
1935 - Italian forces invaded Abyssinia.
1998 - Gene Autry, the "Singing Cowboy" whose "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sold more than 30 million copies, died.
2001...
1938 - After signing the Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler in Germany, Neville Chamberlain returned to Britain and declared that there would be "peace...
1902 - The French novelist Emile Zola died.
1939 - Warsaw, Poland surrenders to Germans after weeks of resistance.
1964 - Arthur "Harpo" Marx died. He...
1917 - Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar Degas, French artist known as one of the greatest 19th century French artists, died.
1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicated....
1907 - New Zealand becomes dominion within British Empire.
1937 - American blues singer Bessie Smith died after a car crash.
1997 - Mafia boss Salvatore...
1926 - Slavery Convention signed by 20 states at League of Nations.
1932 - The Spanish region of Catalonia was granted autonomy.
1943 - The Russians...
1896 - Queen Victoria becomes longest-reigning British monarch.
1912 - Silent film director Mack Sennett's first "Keystone Cops" film, "Cohen Collects a Debt", was released.
1939...
