1911

day of May 24, 1943, the Auschwitz extermination camp changed. They had just received a new, spine-chilling doctor, Josef Mengele; he had also worked in a few other camps. He was an infamous Nazi experimentalist. Josef Mengele was born on March 11, 1911 in Günzburg, Germany. In his early years, Josef seemed like a normal young boy and no one would guess that he would be the one to commit to this harsh work. He began to study medicine and found an interest in anthropology and genetics. Prior to…

In 1906 Mary Mallon was employed as a cook for a wealthy banker that resided in New York. Six out of 11 residents in the banker’s household developed typhoid fever. As a result of this, a sanitary engineer known as George Sober, quickly questioned the ill group of people, including Mary Mallon who had exhibited a less intense form of the disease. Mr. Sober first concluded that the infection was the result from freshwater clams; however, Mary Mallon was the host for the bacteria. She continued to…

really called her by that! Her nickname was Babe! She got this glorious nickname after Babe Ruth the famous baseball player; when she hit five home runs in one game! Babe was one of the best athletes of the twentieth century! Babe was born on June, 26, 1911, in Port Arthur,Texas. One late night at home, when Babe was three years old, Port Arthur slowly started to flood. This made the Zaharias family move inland to Beaumont,Texas. Life wasn't easy on Babe while growing up. Kids picked on her for…

number had grown to more than 450,000. Automobile owners clamored for paved roads, and state officials complied. However, more cars meant more accidents, so state and local officials began looking for ways to make the roads safer. The Center Stripe In 1911, an official in Wayne County, Michigan, saw a truck leaking milk as it drove down the street. The white color contrasted nicely with the dark pavement, so he had the idea of using white paint to mark the center of roads to help prevent…

any career they want and receive the same education as men. Today in Canada women are just as respected as men. Most people will hold a door open for a a female, let them take their seat on transit, or let them go in front of them in a line. As of 1911 there has been an international women's day. It was first introduced on march 19th but has since been moved to March 8th. This day celebrates women's achievements throughout…

room for many different insights that allow us to truly comprehend and understand its significance, and how exactly it was correct. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was the 7th Canadian Prime Minister, and was in office from July 11th, 1896 until October 6th, 1911. During his time in office, Laurier had come to believe that the 20th century would be a great time for…

It was said that he was “enraptured with the Mona Lisa… and had it placed in his bedroom in the Tuileries Palace… for the next four years.” It was moved back to the Louvre in 1815 where it stayed for the next century until a fateful day in August of 1911. Vincenzo Perruggia was a Louvre “glazier who had constructed Mona Lisa’s controversial glass enclosed frame.” He came into the Louvre on a Monday (a day the museum was closed to the public) dressed in a maintenance staff white smock. He removed…

On July 30, 1926 Plutarco Elias Calles, the President of Mexico, had a conversation with two Bishops of Mexico, Pascual Diaz and Leopoldo Ruiz. In the correspondence made by Calles he tells the Bishops: “El único camino que existe para que todas estas dificultades terminen es que el clero se someta a esa ley...” Calles is warning the clergy to submit to the Mexican Constitution or there would be dire consequences. This conversation would take place a day before the suspension of religion…

The company owners had locked the doors in an attempt to keep workers from leaving. This was known as the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire. (ushistory.org/us/37asp) After the disastrous 1911 Triangle shirtwaist company fire things began to change in the work place labor laws were passed. In 1936 a young girl who tried to hand President D. Roosevelt an envelope was rebuffed by the police. President Roosevelt insisted to an aide that he…

3. What is the significance of Cubist works produced after 1907 to the representation of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface? Prior to the 20th Century, art styles such as realism and romanticism were most popular in the world of art, these traditional and academic art forms were seen as the highest and most desirable form of art; the result of great skill and control. At this time artists focused on creating artwork that was visually accurate and which were true depictions of…