Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger (; August 22, 1903 – September 5, 1990) was an American cartoonist and art-studio entrepreneur. With business partner Will Eisner, he co-founded Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for new publishers during the late-1930s and 1940s period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Iger, no relation to comic-book publisher Fred Iger, was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria. - 23Feb
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". - 1Oct
Boston Americans
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. - 13Oct
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game. - 17Dec
Wright Flyer
The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.