Nellie Bly, American investigative journalist, known for american investigative journalist, died on 1922-01-27. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She ushered in the era of stunt girl reporting and helped advance a new kind of immersion journalism..
Nellie Bly dies
Nellie Bly, American investigative journalist, known for american investigative journalist, died on 1922-01-27.
Historical Significance
Nellie Bly is American investigative journalist.
Key People
Events Before
Republic of Turkey is declared from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Charlie Chaplin releases his first full-length feature, "The Kid," a silent film starring Charlie Chaplin and 6-year-old
Charlie Chaplin releases his first full-length feature, "The Kid," a silent film starring Charlie Chaplin and 6-year-old Jackie Coogan
Actor Jack Haley (22) weds Florence McFadden
Actor Jack Haley (22) weds Florence McFadden
Comedian Oliver Hardy (29) marries actress Myrtle Reeves (24)
Comedian Oliver Hardy (29) marries actress Myrtle Reeves (24)
French army captain, and future president, Charles de Gaulle (30) weds Yvonne Vendroux (20) in the Notre-Dame de Calais
French army captain, and future president, Charles de Gaulle (30) weds Yvonne Vendroux (20) in the Notre-Dame de Calais church
Events After
Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS
The "Big Four" was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–1947.
President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (41) weds Latife Hanim; divorce in 1925
President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (41) weds Latife Hanim; divorce in 1925
Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became known for discovering the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the...
Italian actor Rudolph Valentino (24) divorces actress Jean Acker (26)
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
Writer Anaïs Nin (Delta of Venus) marries banker and artist Hugh Parker Guiler in Havana, Cuba
Writer Anaïs Nin (Delta of Venus) marries banker and artist Hugh Parker Guiler in Havana, Cuba
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Isaac Asimov is born
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Charlie Munger is born
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Vernon L. Smith is born
Vernon L. Smith, American economist and nobel laureate, known for american economist and nobel laureate, was born on 1927-01-01.
Byelorussian Communist Organization is founded as a separate party
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- What happened on January 27, 1922?
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