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George Ignatieff
1913Dec, 16

George Ignatieff

George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
George Pavlovich Ignatieff, (Russian: Георгий Па́влович Игнатьев; December 16, 1913 – August 10, 1989) was a noted Russian-Canadian diplomat. His career spanned nearly five decades in World War II and the postwar period.

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Events on 1913

  • 21Feb

    Balkan Wars

    Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • 25Jun

    Great Reunion of 1913

    American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • 3Jul

    Great Reunion of 1913

    Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • 4Jul

    Great Reunion of 1913

    President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • 16Aug

    HMS Queen Mary

    Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.