Emmett was abducted at 14 years
Time: Thursday Jul 24, 1941
Place: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Details: Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store.
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Mamie Till-Gene Mobley died
Saturday Mar 18, 2000 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1950s - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mamie Till-Till's execution
May, 1945 - U.S.
Mamie Till- Mamie's father moved to Argo
1922 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mamie Till-Mamie obtained a master's degree
1976 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Malcolm X-Elijah visit
Aug, 1952 - Chicago, U.S.
Martin Luther King-Chicago open housing movement
Friday Aug 5, 1966 - Chicago, U.S.
Louis Armstrong-To Chicago
1922 - Chicago,Illinois , U.S.
Louis Armstrong-Back to Chicago
1925 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Mamie Till-Till graduation
1960 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Barack Obama-Lecturer
1992 - Chicago, U.S.
Christine Lagarde-The Company's first female chairman
Oct, 1999 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Carter G. Woodson-Woodson began publication of the scholarly Journal of African-American History
Jan, 1916 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1908 - University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Magdi Yacoub-Moving to the United States
1969 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1996 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1987 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1996 - U.S.
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Monday Aug 15, 2011 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S
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Michael Jordan-2nd Rerirement
Wednesday Jan 13, 1999 - U.S.
Michael Jordan-Bulls in the first Place
Thursday May 30, 1991 - U.S.
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Wednesday Oct 6, 1993 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal shoved Dennis Rodman
Tuesday Dec 17, 1996 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-Brawl in a game against the Chicago Bulls
Saturday Jan 12, 2002 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Michael Jordan-Back to NBA
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Michael Jordan-Debut
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Nuclear Power-Chicago Pile-1
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Red Summer-Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs asking President Wilson to stop the rioting in Chicago
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1893 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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2009 - U.S.
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Saturday Dec 31, 1977 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Mamie Till-Emmett traveled to Mississippi
1955 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
W. E. B. Du Bois-The Souls of Black Folk
1903 - U.S.
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1911 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1981 - Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
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Barack Obama-Marriage
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W. E. B. Du Bois-Debate with Lothrop Stoddard
1929 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-Fraud
1964 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Carter G. Woodson-Woodson founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Thursday Sep 9, 1915 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Father's Day-Dodd studying at the Art Institute of Chicago
1920s - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Warren Buffett-Obama's Campaign
Wednesday Jul 2, 2008 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Westinghouse Electric asked Tesla to participate in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
1893 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Gardner Rich & Co
1987 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1893 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Sunday Dec 10, 2017 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Uber-UberEATS launches in Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco
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Red Summer-Chicago riot
Sunday Jul 27, 1919 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Xerox-Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange
1990 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE Arca
2006 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Abraham Lincoln-Republican National Convention in Chicago
Saturday May 19, 1860 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1910 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Bank of America-BankAmerica acquired the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co.
1994 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Reddit-Reddit opened a Chicago office
2018 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Plane Accidents-American Airlines Flight 191
Friday May 25, 1979 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Walt Disney-Born
Thursday Dec 5, 1901 - 1249 Tripp Avenue, Hermosa neighborhood, Chicago, U.S.
Spanish Flu-Chicago's desperate measure
Oct, 1918 - Chicago, U.S.
Jeff Bezos-COVID-19
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Ted Kaczynski-The package burst on the policeman
Thursday May 25, 1978 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1957 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mamie Till-Emmett was killed
1955 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dwayne Johnson-Intercontinental Championship
Thursday Feb 13, 1997 - Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
Mamie Till-Till-Mobley died of heart failure
Monday Jan 6, 2003 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bart Millard-Best Male Vocalist
2005 - Illinois, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-1st Marriage
Saturday Jan 28, 1956 - Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
Mobile Phones-The First Mobile Telephone Call From Handheld Subscriber Equipment
Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 - Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski's first explosive operation
1978 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Carlos Slim-Sears
1997 - Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski arrested by investigators
1996 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1967 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
On This Day - 24 July
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Incandescent light bulb-Canadian Patent was filed
Friday Jul 24, 1874 - Canada
1905 Russian Revolution-The Commander of the Black Sea Fleet killed
Tuesday Jul 24, 1906 - Russian Empire
Armenian Genocide-Armenians' hopes for equality in the Ottoman Empire brightened when a coup d'état staged by officers in the Ottoman Third Army
Friday Jul 24, 1908 - Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Now Thessaloniki, Greece)
Albert Einstein-Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin
Thursday Jul 24, 1913 - Berlin, Germany
Red Summer-Newberry lynching attempt
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Hungarian–Romanian War-The Romanian 20th Infantry Division Cleared The bridgehead at Tiszafüred
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Thursday Jul 24, 1919 - Kunhegyes, Hungary
Francisco Franco-Spanish Army suffered a crushing defeat
Sunday Jul 24, 1921 - Morocco
Francisco Franco-Coordinating junta was established
Friday Jul 24, 1936 - Burgos, Spain
Richard Nixon-The Opening of The American National Exhibition in Moscow
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Neil Armstrong-Return to Earth
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Iran–Iraq War-Operation Earnest Will
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2008 Sichuan earthquake-23 July aftershocks
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July 1941
Josip Broz Tito-The Comintern sent precise instructions calling for immediate action
Tuesday Jul 1, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II-First Battle of Smolensk
Thursday Jul 10, 1941 - Smolensk, U.S.S.R.
The Holocaust-Jedwabne pogrom
Thursday Jul 10, 1941 - Jedwabne, Poland
The Holocaust-Lviv pogroms in Lwów
Jul, 1941 - Lviv, Ukraine
World War II-Anglo-Soviet Agreement
Saturday Jul 12, 1941 - England, United Kingdom
The Holocaust-Ponary massacre
Jul, 1941 - Vilnius, Lithuania
The Holocaust-It was time for "total ethnic purification"
Jul, 1941 - Romania
1941
Second Sino-Japanese War-the New Fourth Army Incident
Jan, 1941 - China
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1941 - Germany
Chinese Civil War-The situation came to a head in late 1940 and early 1941 when clashes between Communist and KMT forces intensified
1941 - China
Ho Chi Minh-Returning to Vietnam
1941 - Vietnam
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Protecting his workers
1941 - Poland
Martin Bormann-The Catholic Bishop of Münster, Publicly Protested against The Persecution and against Action T4
1941 - Münster, Germany
Engagement
1941 - England
Alan Turing-Turing and His Fellow cryptanalysts Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander and Stuart Milner-Barry Were Frustrated
1941 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing Proposed Marriage to Joan Clarke
1941 - England
Bretton Woods Conference-John Maynard Keynes first proposed the ICU
1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World War II-New Fourth Army incident
Wednesday Jan 8, 1941 - Jing County, Anhui, China
Shimon Peres-HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed
1941 - Israel
The Holocaust-Warsaw ghetto contained 445,000 people
1941 - Warsaw, Poland
The Holocaust-Arthur Seyss-Inquart began to persecute the country's 140,000 Jews
1941 - Netherlands
First Indochina War-The Battle of Ko Chang
Friday Jan 17, 1941 - Gulf of Thailand
Franklin D. Roosevelt-Third Term
Monday Jan 20, 1941 - Washingtom D.C., U.S.
The palace of Westminster England-Members' Lobby after bombing
1941 - London, England, United Kingdom
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Sino-British agreement
Feb, 1941 - China
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant
Saturday Feb 1, 1941 - United Kingdom
Francisco Franco-Meeting with Mussolini
Wednesday Feb 12, 1941 - Bordighera, Italy
World War II-United States and Japan had been engaged in negotiations
1941 - U.S. and Japan
Heinrich Himmler-Einsatzgruppen
1941 - Germany
World War II-Bulgaria and Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact
Mar, 1941 - (Present Day Vienna, Austria)
Charles de Gaulle-The financial agreement between France and London after the war
Mar, 1941 - London, England, United Kingdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was promoted to colonel
Mar, 1941 - U.S.
Winston Churchill-Lend-Lease
Tuesday Mar 11, 1941 - U.S.
World War II-Lend-Lease
Tuesday Mar 11, 1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World War II-Battle of Shanggao
Saturday Mar 15, 1941 - Shanggao, Jiangxi, China
World War II-Battle of Cape Matapan
Thursday Mar 27, 1941 - Mediterranean Sea off Cape Matapan, Greece
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was mentioned in dispatches for his service during the Battle of Cape Matapan
Mar, 1941 - Off Cape Matapan, Mediterranean Sea
World War II-Yugoslav coup d'état
Thursday Mar 27, 1941 - Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Present Day Belgrade, Serbia)
Josip Broz Tito-Invasion of Yugoslavia
Sunday Apr 6, 1941 - Yugoslavia
Penicillin-Howard Florey and his team treated a policeman
1941 - Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Penicillin-Florey and Heatley travelled to the US in order to interest pharmaceutical companies in producing the drug
1941 - U.S.
World War II-Invasion of Yugoslavia
Sunday Apr 6, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II-Guerrilla liberation war in Yugoslavia
Apr, 1941 - Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito-Independent State of Croatia
Thursday Apr 10, 1941 - Croatia
World War II-The Siege of Tobruk
Thursday Apr 10, 1941 - Tobruk, Libya
The Holocaust-Yugoslavia and Greece were invaded
Apr, 1941 - Yugoslavia and Greece
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
Sunday Apr 13, 1941 - Moscow, Russia
World War II-Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
Sunday Apr 13, 1941 - Moscow, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Moscow, Russia)
Edward VIII-Visit to Florida
Apr, 1941 - Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-The Government and military met with the German officials in Belgrade
Thursday Apr 17, 1941 - Belgrade, Serbia
Anna May Wong-Wong attended several socialite events
1941 - Mission Inn, Riverside, California, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-Calling on the people to unite in a battle against the occupation
Thursday May 1, 1941 - Yugoslavia
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler's Orders
1941 - Germany
World War II-Anglo–Iraqi War
Friday May 2, 1941 - Iraq
Joseph Stalin-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Tuesday May 6, 1941 - Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
Stan Lee-Debut as a text filler
May, 1941 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Martin Bormann-Hess flew Solo to Britain
Saturday May 10, 1941 - United Kingdom
The palace of Westminster England-The Worst Raid
Saturday May 10, 1941 - London, England, United Kingdom
Martin Bormann-Bormann became The Head of The Parteikanzlei (Party Chancellery)
Monday May 12, 1941 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Operation Brevity
Thursday May 15, 1941 - Egyptian and Libyan border
Jimmy Hoffa-Second Child
Monday May 19, 1941 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
World War II-Battle of Crete
Tuesday May 20, 1941 - Crete, Greece
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was involved in the battle of Crete
May, 1941 - Crete, Greece
World War II-First Battle of Kiev
Wednesday May 21, 1941 at 03:41:00 AM - Kiev, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Kiev, Ukraine)
Martin Bormann-Extending The 1935 Nuremberg Laws
Saturday May 31, 1941 - Berlin, Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was appointed chief of staff to General Walter Krueger
Jun, 1941 - San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
World War II-Syria–Lebanon campaign
Sunday Jun 8, 1941 - Syria and Lebanon
The Holocaust-Thousands of Jews were killed
Jun, 1941 - Bucharest, Romania
The Holocaust-Romania joined Germany in its invasion of the Soviet Union
Jun, 1941 - Romania
The palace of Westminster England-Bomb hit the chamber of the House of Commons
1941 - London, England, United Kingdom
Adolf Hitler-Contravening the Hitler–Stalin Non-Aggression Pact
Sunday Jun 22, 1941 - Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin-Hitler launched an invasion
Sunday Jun 22, 1941 - Soviet Union, (Russia)
Francisco Franco-Invasion of the Soviet Union
Sunday Jun 22, 1941 - Soviet Union
The Holocaust-Germany and Romania invaded the Soviet Union
Sunday Jun 22, 1941 - U.S.S.R.
Winston Churchill-Operation Barbarossa
Sunday Jun 22, 1941 - U.S.S.R.
Josip Broz Tito-Commander in Chief of all project national liberation military forces
Friday Jun 27, 1941 - Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito-The Comintern sent precise instructions calling for immediate action
Tuesday Jul 1, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II-First Battle of Smolensk
Thursday Jul 10, 1941 - Smolensk, U.S.S.R.
The Holocaust-Jedwabne pogrom
Thursday Jul 10, 1941 - Jedwabne, Poland
The Holocaust-Lviv pogroms in Lwów
Jul, 1941 - Lviv, Ukraine
World War II-Anglo-Soviet Agreement
Saturday Jul 12, 1941 - England, United Kingdom
The Holocaust-Ponary massacre
Jul, 1941 - Vilnius, Lithuania
The Holocaust-It was time for "total ethnic purification"
Jul, 1941 - Romania
The Holocaust-2,600 Libyan Jews were sent to camps
1941 - Libya
Heinrich Himmler-The shooting of 100 Jews at Minsk
Aug, 1941 - Germany
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's third son was killed
Thursday Aug 7, 1941 - Italy
Stan Lee-Actual writing of comics
Aug, 1941 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Atlantic Charter-First meeting
Saturday Aug 9, 1941 - Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
The Holocaust-Hitler canceled the T4 program
Aug, 1941 - Germany
World War II-Atlantic Charter
Thursday Aug 14, 1941 - Naval Station Argentia, Placentia Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland
Atlantic Charter-Atlantic Conference
Thursday Aug 14, 1941 - Newfoundland
Winston Churchill-Atlantic Charter
Aug, 1941 - Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Slobodan Milošević-Born
Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 - Požarevac, Serbia (Then German-occupied Serbia)
Atlantic Charter-The Charter's content
Thursday Aug 21, 1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Atlantic Charter-The name Atlantic Charter
Sunday Aug 24, 1941 - United Kingdom
World War II-Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Monday Aug 25, 1941 - Imperial State of Iran (Present Day Iran)
The Holocaust-Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre
Aug, 1941 - Ukraine
John Maynard Keynes-Proposed to fill a vacancy in the Court of Directors of the Bank of England
Sep, 1941 - England
Hirohito-The Japanese Cabinet Meeting
Thursday Sep 4, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito-Prime Minister Submitted a draft of the Decision To The Emperor
Friday Sep 5, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
Wind turbine-Vermont megawatt-class wind turbine
1941 - Vermont, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle formed the Free French National Council
Sep, 1941 - France
World War II-Second Battle of Changsha
Sunday Sep 7, 1941 - Changsha, China
World War II-Siege of Leningrad
Monday Sep 8, 1941 - Leningrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Stan Lee-Becoming the editor
1941 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-Tito held talks with Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović
Friday Sep 19, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II-Plan Kantokuen
Sep, 1941 - Japan