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:''For a history of magic and the occult, see [[Gernsback-9 Timeline: Occult History]].'' | |||
== 1800s == | |||
* 1893 - Nikola Tesla meets Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P Morgan. The two become fast friends and, with investment from Morgan, Tesla is able to save Westinghouse from bankruptcy. | * 1893 - Nikola Tesla meets Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P Morgan. The two become fast friends and, with investment from Morgan, Tesla is able to save Westinghouse from bankruptcy. | ||
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* 1899 - At his laboratory in Telluride, Colorado, Tesla has his first limited success with broadcast power. | * 1899 - At his laboratory in Telluride, Colorado, Tesla has his first limited success with broadcast power. | ||
== 1900s == | |||
* 1900 - Count Von Zeppelin invents the dirigible airship. | * 1900 - Count Von Zeppelin invents the dirigible airship. | ||
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* 1919 - A sample of the Philosopher’s Stone is discovered in an Egyptian New Kingdom tomb by noted archaeologist Flinders Petrie. | * 1919 - A sample of the Philosopher’s Stone is discovered in an Egyptian New Kingdom tomb by noted archaeologist Flinders Petrie. | ||
== 1920 == | == 1920s == | ||
=== 1920 === | |||
* 16 January - Prohibition begins in the United States | * 16 January - Prohibition begins in the United States | ||
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* 25 December - The Ecclesia, a Rosicrucian Temple of Healing, is founded in Oceanside, California. | * 25 December - The Ecclesia, a Rosicrucian Temple of Healing, is founded in Oceanside, California. | ||
== 1921 == | === 1921 === | ||
* 31 May - Thirty-nine people are reported dead from a race riot in Tulsa. | * 31 May - Thirty-nine people are reported dead from a race riot in Tulsa. | ||
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* 9 November - Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect. | * 9 November - Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect. | ||
== 1922 == | === 1922 === | ||
* 11 January – The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made. | * 11 January – The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made. | ||
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* 5 December – The British Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State. | * 5 December – The British Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State. | ||
== 1923 == | === 1923 === | ||
* 1 January - The Rosewood Massacre begins. It ends six days later on 7 January when the town is burned to the ground. | * 1 January - The Rosewood Massacre begins. It ends six days later on 7 January when the town is burned to the ground. | ||
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* 16 October – Roy and Walt Disney Founded The Walt Disney Company. | * 16 October – Roy and Walt Disney Founded The Walt Disney Company. | ||
== 1924 == | === 1924 === | ||
* January 21 – Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership. | |||
== 1925 == | * January 23 - The body of Rhonda Mathers is discovered at Echo Park in Edendale. | ||
* January 26 – Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) is renamed Leningrad. | |||
* January 27 – Lenin is buried in a mausoleum (Lenin's Tomb) in Moscow's Red Square. | |||
* February 20 - Drakusz House in historic Bunker Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles is destroyed. The body of Sonja Vero is found at La Placita Olvera in Sonoratown. | |||
* March 21 - Roberta Mendez is found murdered in Echo Park. | |||
* April 6 – Fascists win the elections in Italy with a ⅔ majority. | |||
* April 16 – American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in Los Angeles, California. | |||
* April 21 - The body of Josefina Martín is found on Angels Knoll. | |||
* April 26 – Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_ray "death ray"] in London but fails to convince the British War Office. | |||
* May 4 – The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies are held in Paris, France. | |||
* May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | |||
* May 11 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by the merging companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz. | |||
* May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a thrill killing. | |||
* May 21 - A group of armed ranchers seized control of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and dynamite part of the system. | |||
* May 24 – The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 Immigration Act of 1924] is signed into law in the United States, including the Asian Exclusion Act. | |||
* June 2 – President Cox signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. | |||
* June 10 - Calvin Coolidge receives the Republican Party nomination for President, with Hiram Johnson selected as his running-mate. | |||
* June 25 - Rioting erupts outside the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York City, as Ku Klux Klan demonstrators gather to denounce Democratic candidate Al Smith, who is Catholic. | |||
* June 27 - After days of contentious and unproductive voting, Democratic party delegates from several Southern states leave the convention, vowing to form a separate political party. | |||
* June 30 - President Cox announces he will not seek re-election and is withdrawing from the nomination process. Vice-president Roosevelt delivers a stirring speech in recognition of President Cox and calls for a floor vote to determine the top three nominees and then commence to a run-off election for final decision. | |||
* July 1 - Vice-president Franklin D. Roosevelt receives the Democratic Party nomination, with Al Smith selected as his running-mate. | |||
* August 11-16 - A series of strange storms occurs over Griffith Aerodrome, culminating in a violent thunderstorm on the final night. | |||
* August 19 - The Maxfield Building, designed by architect John M. Cooper, is completed. Located in downtown at 819 Santee Street, it is the first 'modern' skyscraper in Los Angeles. | |||
* August 25 - The seventh in a series of daring daytime robberies occurs in Los Angeles. A gang of four men wearing brown clerical robes armed with submachine guns have robbed six banks and a downtown jewelry store. The Angel City Times dubs them "the Mad Monks." | |||
* September 17 - A statue known as the Golden Raccoon is stolen from a private collection in New York City. | |||
* September 20 - The artifact known as Zimmerman's Golem is stolen from a private auction at Ausperg House in London. | |||
* September 23 - German steel heiress Greta Stark is found mutilated in London's Whitechapel district. Her murder is believed to be connected with the earlier robbery at Ausperg House. | |||
* October 31 - Whitfield Manor, a stately mansion outside Pasadena, burns to the ground, killing Ramsey Parsons, noted psychic and occultist | |||
* November 4 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected 30th President of the Untied States. | |||
=== 1925 === | |||
* January 1 – Gerhard Thuringer is killed in a fire at Ryan Keaton's laboratory. | * January 1 – Gerhard Thuringer is killed in a fire at Ryan Keaton's laboratory. | ||
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* December 24 - Christmas stock market panic of 1925. | * December 24 - Christmas stock market panic of 1925. | ||
== 1926 == | === 1926 === | ||
* High-speed electrified railroads laid across North America. | |||
* January 1 - Vice-president Hearst is put in charge of the Safe Banks Initiative, a plan to improve banking practices and secure the stock market. | * January 1 - Vice-president Hearst is put in charge of the Safe Banks Initiative, a plan to improve banking practices and secure the stock market. | ||
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* May 18 - Aimee Semple Macpherson disappears in Venice, CA. | * May 18 - Aimee Semple Macpherson disappears in Venice, CA. | ||
* August 11 - Nonstop high-speed train between Los Angeles and New York enters service. | |||
* September 25 - League of Nations abolishes slavery. | * September 25 - League of Nations abolishes slavery. | ||
* | * December 31 - [[Magic Moe's]], a famous pub in downtown Los Angeles, is completely destroyed in a mysterious conflagration that damages none of the surrounding structures. | ||
=== 1927 === | |||
* Accused anarchist bombers Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston. | |||
* Saudi Arabia becomes independent from the United Kingdom and declines invitation to join the League of Nations. | |||
* Werner Heisenberg formulates his uncertainty principle, which is later accepted at the 5th Solvay Conference. | |||
* Grauman’s Chinese Theatre opens. Fritz Lang's Metropolis, featuring a newly developed "super-audio" system, is the premiere film. | |||
* 12-year old Marion Parker is murdered and mutilated in Los Angeles, CA. | |||
* Kulik expedition to Tunguska discovers metal debris scattered about the destroyed area. | |||
=== 1928 === | |||
* Roosevelt defeats challenger Calvin Coolidge in a narrow and hotly contested race. Nearly two weeks passes before the final vote is known, prompting calls for nationwide electoral reform. | |||
* With support from Russia, the People's Republic of Manchuria is nominated to the League of Nations, with former warlord Zhang Zhuolin recognized as the first leader of the new nation. | |||
* Frederick Griffith confirms the existence of DNA. | |||
* Mickey Mouse appears in ''Steamboat Willie''. | |||
* Josemaria Escriva founds Opus Dei in Spain. | |||
* Fire destroys the library at Miskatonic University, including the infamous "special collections" containing a number of nefarious magical texts. | |||
== | === 1929 === | ||
* Early November panic on Wall Street is contained by actions from Morgan and Westinghouse. Critics accuse Vice-president Hearst of organizing a secret cabal to control America's economy. | |||
* After receiving a commanding majority at the polls, due mainly to the "flapper vote," the Liberal Party takes what will be a multi-decade dominance of the British Government. | |||
* Tesla Industries produces the first color televisor. | |||
* The Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City. | |||
* Tintin debuts in Belgium. | |||
* The Grand Teton National Park is established in Wyoming by the US Congress. | |||
== 1930s == | |||
See [[Gernsback-9 Timeline: 1930 - 1949]] | |||
==1950s == | |||
See [[Gernsback-9 Timeline: 1950 - 1964]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:12, 19 September 2013
- For a history of magic and the occult, see Gernsback-9 Timeline: Occult History.
1800s
- 1893 - Nikola Tesla meets Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P Morgan. The two become fast friends and, with investment from Morgan, Tesla is able to save Westinghouse from bankruptcy.
- 1894 - Tesla secures the patent for the radio transmitter and receiver.
- 1895 - Tesla-Westinghouse builds Niagara Falls hydroelectric dam.
- 1897 - Tesla-Westinghouse begins marketing diathermic treatments for a variety of medical conditions.
- 1899 - At his laboratory in Telluride, Colorado, Tesla has his first limited success with broadcast power.
1900s
- 1900 - Count Von Zeppelin invents the dirigible airship.
- 1901 - Tesla begins research into superconductivity.
- 1902 - Wardenclyffe Tower is built on Long Island. The Morgan-Tesla Radio Company is formed, with Tesla as CEO and Anne Morgan leading the board of directors, and begins global radio broadcasts in March.
- 1904 – The New York Subway opens its first line, an electric train running from City Hall to 145th Street.
- 1909 - Tesla receives the Nobel Prize for the invention of radio.
- 1910 - J.P. Morgan Sr. makes a hostile takeover of Consolidated Edison.
- 1912 - Germanenorden (Order of Teutons) founded in Berlin by Theodor Fritsch. Walter Nauhaus, an art student, becomes keeper of pedigrees for the society.
- 1913 - J.P. Morgan Sr. dies, leaving his son J.P. Morgan Jr. in charge. Anne Morgan Tesla takes over the radio broadcasting company, Morgan-Tesla, becoming the first woman executive in business history.
- 1916 - Tesla perfects the fluid diode and the bladeless turbine.
- 1917 – Nauhaus moves to Munich and founds Thule-Gesellschaft, the Thule Society.
- 1918 – Rudolf von Sebottendorf joins the Thule Society, merging the membership of Germaneorden Walvater of the Holy Grail on 18 August 1918.
- 1919 – Morgan-Tesla produces Tesla Steel, which is a third the mass of normal steel, but twice as strong. Munich artist Adolf Hitler, a friend of Walter Nauhaus, joins the Thule Society. Several members of the society are arrested in Bavaria; accused of attempting a coup to overthrow the Soviet government, they are convicted and executed by firing squad.
- 1919 - A sample of the Philosopher’s Stone is discovered in an Egyptian New Kingdom tomb by noted archaeologist Flinders Petrie.
1920s
1920
- 16 January - Prohibition begins in the United States
- 19 January - The United States Senate votes in favor of joining the League of Nations.
- 1 June - Los Angeles Railway opens its first underground lines downtown.
- 19 October - Tesla invents radar by accident while trying to improve submarine detection equipment.
- 25 December - The Ecclesia, a Rosicrucian Temple of Healing, is founded in Oceanside, California.
1921
- 31 May - Thirty-nine people are reported dead from a race riot in Tulsa.
- 11 August - Jacques d'Arsonvale is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the use of Tesla's diathermic radiation to treat tumors.
- 24 August – Airship ZR 2 explodes during a test flight near Hull, England; 41 are killed.
- 7 September – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant is held.
- 9 November - Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect.
1922
- 11 January – The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made.
- 25 January - The Molly Pitcher Club is founded in New York.
- 1 February – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.
- 2 February – Ulysses, by James Joyce, is published in Paris by Sylvia Beach.
- 25 February – Murderer Henri Désiré Landru is beheaded by the guillotine.
- 3 April – Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 15 May - Engineers in New York created an electric-powered differential analyzer, while engineers in Los Angeles construct an electrical difference engine.
- 30 May – In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
- 1 June - The Royal Ulster Constabulary is officially founded.
- 11 July – The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- 23 August – Morocco revolts against the Spanish.
- 23 August – The Turkish large-scale attack opened against Greek forces in Afyon.
- 13 September – Fire started by Turkish troops destroys most of Smyrna, killing an estimated 100,000.
- 1 October – G.I. Gurdjieff opens his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Fontainebleau in France.
- 30 October – Benito Mussolini becomes the youngest Premier in the history of Italy.
- 4 November – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 26 November – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.
- 5 December – The British Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State.
1923
- 1 January - The Rosewood Massacre begins. It ends six days later on 7 January when the town is burned to the ground.
- 30 January - Tesla-Morgan announces the construction of factories in Berlin and Munich. This causes a boom to the German economy and strengthens the Weimar Republic.
- 23 February – Albert Einstein visits Barcelona, Spain, at the invitation of scientist Esteban Terradas i Illa.
- 1 March - The USS Connecticut is decommissioned. Nikola Tesla later arranges to purchase the ship for his experiments.
- 9 March - Lenin is bedridden by a stroke.
- 18 April - Yankee Stadium opens in the Bronx.
- 24 May - The Irish Civil War ends.
- 18 June - Mount Etna erupts in Italy.
- 1 September - An earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama.
- 4 September - In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.
- 10 September - Ireland joins the League of Nations.
- 17 September - A major fire in Berkeley, California erupts, consuming some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely built neighborhoods north of the campus of the University of California.
- 18 September – 26 September – Newspaper printers strike in New York. President Cox, a former journalist, personally negotiates the settlement.
- 16 October – Roy and Walt Disney Founded The Walt Disney Company.
1924
- January 21 – Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership.
- January 23 - The body of Rhonda Mathers is discovered at Echo Park in Edendale.
- January 26 – Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) is renamed Leningrad.
- January 27 – Lenin is buried in a mausoleum (Lenin's Tomb) in Moscow's Red Square.
- February 20 - Drakusz House in historic Bunker Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles is destroyed. The body of Sonja Vero is found at La Placita Olvera in Sonoratown.
- March 21 - Roberta Mendez is found murdered in Echo Park.
- April 6 – Fascists win the elections in Italy with a ⅔ majority.
- April 16 – American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in Los Angeles, California.
- April 21 - The body of Josefina Martín is found on Angels Knoll.
- April 26 – Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his "death ray" in London but fails to convince the British War Office.
- May 4 – The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies are held in Paris, France.
- May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- May 11 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by the merging companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.
- May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a thrill killing.
- May 21 - A group of armed ranchers seized control of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and dynamite part of the system.
- May 24 – The Immigration Act of 1924 is signed into law in the United States, including the Asian Exclusion Act.
- June 2 – President Cox signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
- June 10 - Calvin Coolidge receives the Republican Party nomination for President, with Hiram Johnson selected as his running-mate.
- June 25 - Rioting erupts outside the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York City, as Ku Klux Klan demonstrators gather to denounce Democratic candidate Al Smith, who is Catholic.
- June 27 - After days of contentious and unproductive voting, Democratic party delegates from several Southern states leave the convention, vowing to form a separate political party.
- June 30 - President Cox announces he will not seek re-election and is withdrawing from the nomination process. Vice-president Roosevelt delivers a stirring speech in recognition of President Cox and calls for a floor vote to determine the top three nominees and then commence to a run-off election for final decision.
- July 1 - Vice-president Franklin D. Roosevelt receives the Democratic Party nomination, with Al Smith selected as his running-mate.
- August 11-16 - A series of strange storms occurs over Griffith Aerodrome, culminating in a violent thunderstorm on the final night.
- August 19 - The Maxfield Building, designed by architect John M. Cooper, is completed. Located in downtown at 819 Santee Street, it is the first 'modern' skyscraper in Los Angeles.
- August 25 - The seventh in a series of daring daytime robberies occurs in Los Angeles. A gang of four men wearing brown clerical robes armed with submachine guns have robbed six banks and a downtown jewelry store. The Angel City Times dubs them "the Mad Monks."
- September 17 - A statue known as the Golden Raccoon is stolen from a private collection in New York City.
- September 20 - The artifact known as Zimmerman's Golem is stolen from a private auction at Ausperg House in London.
- September 23 - German steel heiress Greta Stark is found mutilated in London's Whitechapel district. Her murder is believed to be connected with the earlier robbery at Ausperg House.
- October 31 - Whitfield Manor, a stately mansion outside Pasadena, burns to the ground, killing Ramsey Parsons, noted psychic and occultist
- November 4 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected 30th President of the Untied States.
1925
- January 1 – Gerhard Thuringer is killed in a fire at Ryan Keaton's laboratory.
- January 3 - Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of the United States in Wyoming.
- June 29 - A 6.8 earthquake destroys downtown Santa Barbara, CA.
- July 4 - Tesla announces the perfection of broadcast power and his intent to being it immediately to market.
- July 18 - Self-proclaimed "black magician" Adolf Hitler publishes his "magickal confession," Mein Kampf, in Austria.
- December 24 - Christmas stock market panic of 1925.
1926
- High-speed electrified railroads laid across North America.
- January 1 - Vice-president Hearst is put in charge of the Safe Banks Initiative, a plan to improve banking practices and secure the stock market.
- January 3 - Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator of Greece.
- May 12 - Roald Amundsen flies over the North Pole.
- May 18 - Aimee Semple Macpherson disappears in Venice, CA.
- August 11 - Nonstop high-speed train between Los Angeles and New York enters service.
- September 25 - League of Nations abolishes slavery.
- December 31 - Magic Moe's, a famous pub in downtown Los Angeles, is completely destroyed in a mysterious conflagration that damages none of the surrounding structures.
1927
- Accused anarchist bombers Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston.
- Saudi Arabia becomes independent from the United Kingdom and declines invitation to join the League of Nations.
- Werner Heisenberg formulates his uncertainty principle, which is later accepted at the 5th Solvay Conference.
- Grauman’s Chinese Theatre opens. Fritz Lang's Metropolis, featuring a newly developed "super-audio" system, is the premiere film.
- 12-year old Marion Parker is murdered and mutilated in Los Angeles, CA.
- Kulik expedition to Tunguska discovers metal debris scattered about the destroyed area.
1928
- Roosevelt defeats challenger Calvin Coolidge in a narrow and hotly contested race. Nearly two weeks passes before the final vote is known, prompting calls for nationwide electoral reform.
- With support from Russia, the People's Republic of Manchuria is nominated to the League of Nations, with former warlord Zhang Zhuolin recognized as the first leader of the new nation.
- Frederick Griffith confirms the existence of DNA.
- Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie.
- Josemaria Escriva founds Opus Dei in Spain.
- Fire destroys the library at Miskatonic University, including the infamous "special collections" containing a number of nefarious magical texts.
1929
- Early November panic on Wall Street is contained by actions from Morgan and Westinghouse. Critics accuse Vice-president Hearst of organizing a secret cabal to control America's economy.
- After receiving a commanding majority at the polls, due mainly to the "flapper vote," the Liberal Party takes what will be a multi-decade dominance of the British Government.
- Tesla Industries produces the first color televisor.
- The Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City.
- Tintin debuts in Belgium.
- The Grand Teton National Park is established in Wyoming by the US Congress.
1930s
See Gernsback-9 Timeline: 1930 - 1949