1897
Sep 21
| 1897 • April 19 The first Boston Marathon is held, with fifteen men competing, and won by John McDermott."Boston Marathon", in Historical Dictionary of Track and Field, by Peter Matthews (Scarecrow Press, 2012) p40 |
1923
Age: 25y
birth of childThomas Fountain McGinnis Dundee, Yamhill, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1923 • At the International Police Conference in Vienna, the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC), better known as Interpol, is set up. |
1961
Nov 29
Age: 64y
| 1961 • Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |