Data for 1912

The Republic of China is established (Jan 1), RMS Titanic hits an iceberg (Apr 14), the Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden (May 5), Universal Pictures is founded in Los Angeles (Jun 8), the Meiji Era ends in Japan (Jul 30), Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (Nov 28), the Nefertiti Bust is found in Amarna, Egypt (Dec 6) – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1913

The future leaders of their respective countries, Joseph Stalin, Josip Broz Tito and Adolf Hitler all live in Vienna in January 1913 (Jan), Grand Central Terminal in New York City reopens as the world’s largest railroad station (Feb 1), Woodrow Wilson is sworn is as the 28th U.S. President (Mar 4), the release of a first full-length Indian feature film marks the beginning of the Indian film industry (May 5), stainless steel in invented in Sheffield, England (Aug 13), the Little Mermaid statue is finished in Copenhagen, Denmark (Aug 23) – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1914

Charlie Chaplin makes his film debut in Making a Living (Feb 2), first international Criminal Police Congress begins in Monaco (Apr 14), assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggers the start of WWI (Jun 28), the Royal Naval Air Service – the forerunner of the RAF – is established in England (Jul 1), Babe Ruth makes his major league debut (Jul 11), Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (Jul 28), and the first shots are fired the next day in Belgrade (Jul 29), the German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire (Aug 1) and France (Aug 3), the first electric traffic lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio (Aug 5), the Panama Canal is inaugurated (Aug 15), the first everyday items made of stainless steel come into public circulation, the World War I – now involving countries from all continents – rages on – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1927

The first transatlantic telephone call is made (Jan 7), the first Volvo rolls off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden (Apr 14), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded (May 11), Charles Lindbergh sets off in his Spirit of St. Louis for the first solo nonstop transatlantic airplane flight from New York to Paris (May 20), the first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth (Sep 7), carving of the sculptures at Mount Rushmore begins (Oct 4), the Holland Tunnel becomes the first tunnel to link Manhattan and New Jersey (Nov 12), the first Laurel and Hardy film is released (Dec 3) – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1926

The airline Deutsche Luft Hansa is founded in Berlin (Jan 6), Franco becomes General of Spain (Feb 25),  explorer Richard E. Byrd and his co-pilot claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole, but some experts have since been skeptical of the claim (May 9), a weather map is televised for the first time (Aug 18), the sudden death of Rudolph Valentino causes worldwide grief (Aug 23), A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is published in London (Oct 14), United States’ Numbered Highway System – including Route 66 – is established (Nov 11), Al Capone is at the apex of his power – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1922

The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made (Jan 11), Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced for sedition in India (Mar 18), the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. (May 30), BBC is formed in London (Oct 18), Benito Mussolini becomes the Premier in Italy (Oct 30), the U.S.S.R. is formed (Dec 30) – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1921

Suffrage for women is obtained in Sweden, and Chaplin’s The Kid is released in the United States (Jan 21), Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England (Mar 17), the Allies of WW1 reparations commission announce that Germany has to pay $33 trillion in annual installments of 2.5 billion (Apr 27), the Province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom (May 5), the death penalty is abolished in Sweden (Jun 30), insulin is discovered (Jul 27), The Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino premiers in L.A. (Oct 21), roughly 5 million people die in the Russian Famine – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1944

The R.A.F. drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin (Jan 20), Casablanca wins the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards (Mar 2), Operation Overlord, code named D-Day begins (Jun 6), Germany launches V1-bomb attack on England (Jun 13), the deportation of Hungarian Jews to concentration camps begins (Jun 29), Soviet troops begin operations to occupy the Baltic countries (Jul 10), the world’s first undersea oil pipeline is laid between England and France (Aug 12), London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time (Sep 8) – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1948

Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi (Jan 30), the Soviet Union begins to jam the Voice of America broadcasts (Feb 1), the Hells Angels is founded in California (Mar 17), the scientific theory on the Big Bang is published (Apr 1), ABC begins its broadcasting (Apr 19), Israel declares itself independent (May 14), the Berlin Blockade begins (Jun 24) and two days later the Western allies answer with the Berlin airlift that lasts for 15 months (Jun 26), the southern half of Korea is established as South Korea (Aug 15), R-1 missile on test becomes the first Soviet launch to enter space (Oct 10), the UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Dec 10) – and all these fine people were born:

Data for 1945

Flag of the United Nations since 1947

The Soviets occupy Warzaw (Jan 17), the Soviet Army liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps (Jan 27), the Yalta Conference begins (Feb 4), Korea is divided into two separate parts, which leads later to the Korean War (Sep 8), Gandhi and Nehru demand that all British troops leave India (Sep 20), the United Nations is founded (Oct 24), Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France (Nov 16) – and all these fine people were born: