Births on November 3

Ludovic Kennedy

Born on November 3, 1919

Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (d. 2009)

Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (3 November 1919 – 18 October 2009) was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author best known for re-examining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley, and for his role in the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.

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Events on 1919

5 Jan

Nazi Party
The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
23 Mar

Italian Fascism
In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
4 May

Treaty of Versailles
May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
19 May

Turkish War of Independence
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
29 May

General relativity
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

Births on November 3

Ludovic Kennedy

Born on November 3, 1919

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Events on 1919

Nazi Party

Italian Fascism

Treaty of Versailles

Turkish War of Independence

General relativity