100 Years Ago Today

Remembering the people, places & happenings of this date 100 years ago. With hat-tips to many journalists & historians, this account curated by @PaulSnatchko.

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, the #TulsaRaceMassacre took place in the African-American community known as the Greenwood district ("#BlackWallStreet) in #Tulsa, #Oklahoma:

https://t.co/3jFCjBThiK

@NPR: https://t.co/2Q5MGH7Cus

Wiki: https://t.co/OxhCGyqQGG

#TulsaMassacre #Tulsa100

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, the @NYTimes devoted the left column on its front page to a denunciation of Senator Warren G. Harding, hours after he won the Republican presidential nomination.

The Times would not publish another front-page editorial for 95 years: https://t.co/ZlkaDo2hmM

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, the Washington Herald reported that the @USPS would no longer deliver children.

It had been doing so for seven years.

From @applewoodbooks: https://t.co/4BzVg435Mj

[Stephen Makin @StephenMakin]

Since 2014 my wife has been publishing her family’s WW1 letters. @FamilyLetters it’s been interesting following them and sad to say goodbye. I’m glad they all survived though.

https://t.co/hRRrL1Vb11

[WW1 Family Letters @FamilyLetters]

Thank you for following the Berryman siblings through the last five years. This final post tells you what happened to them next and says some things about the way this project has changed me. It's been a privilege and a joy but I too am ready to move on.
https://t.co/QV2bSyR0Li

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

@BerrymanLetters Thank you for your work on this project over so many years!

It has been wonderful getting to know your family!

[Berryman Letters @BerrymanLetters]

Thank you for following the Berryman siblings through the last five years. This final post tells you what happened to them next and says some things about the way this project has changed me. It's been a privilege and a joy but I too am ready to move on.
https://t.co/6zqixM14pc

[Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon]

Today marks the 100-year anniversary of our founder's death. Andrew Carnegie's first job paid him $1.50 a week. In 1900, he donated $1M for a tech institute in Pittsburgh. His heart was in the work. And so is ours. #TartanProud #AndrewCarnegie https://t.co/joRSWDtW7v

[Andrew Carnegie Foundation @ACarnegieFdn]

100 years later, we are proud to be #ForgingTheFuture of Andrew Carnegie's lasting legacy. Explore his incredible story: https://t.co/cQDjxgqnCT

[Carnegie Hero Fund @carnegie_hero]

On the 100th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie’s death, the Hero Fund remains steadfast in our work to honor civilian heroes. This year marked 115 years since the founding of the Carnegie Hero Fund and 10,099 heroes have been honored since. #CarnegieHero #AndrewCarnegie

[Carnegie Hero Fund @carnegie_hero]

Today, we remember Carnegie Hero Fund founder Andrew Carnegie who died on this day 100 years ago. “No dream which I have ever dreamed…equals what has been accomplished in reality. We have made a splendid start.”

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, #AndrewCarnegie died. The #industrialist and #philanthropist was 83.

Among #Carnegie's creations was @CarnegieEndow, @CarnegieCorp, @Carnegie_Hero, @CarnegieMellon and
@CarnegieHall.

From @PittsburghPG, a look at his legacy: https://t.co/mk57Dnxqtk

[WW1 Family Letters @FamilyLetters]

27 May 1919
Topher to his mother
Damascus
Don’t be alarmed at the above address, but I am on a trip to Assyria. And various other parts. Fearfully interesting but what a strenuous journey. I go on to Beirut tomorrow for a day and then back to Ismailia.
https://t.co/uiRyyF0yl8

[Berryman Letters @BerrymanLetters]

27 May 1919
Topher to his mother
Damascus
Don’t be alarmed at the above address, but I am on a trip to Assyria. And various other parts. Fearfully interesting but what a strenuous journey. I go on to Beirut tomorrow for a day and then back to Ismailia.
https://t.co/LfrPTVizN6

[WW1 Family Letters @FamilyLetters]

16 Feb 1919
Ted to his mother
Very disturbed last night. A delirious patient yelled & shouted, blaspheming & repeating the 10 Commandments by turns. We had to hold him down. The poor night sister was miserable at seeing her precious patients out of bed.
https://t.co/YlBOoDThZ2

[Berryman Letters @BerrymanLetters]

16 Feb 1919
Ted to his mother
Very disturbed last night. A delirious patient yelled & shouted, blaspheming & repeating the 10 Commandments by turns. We had to hold him down. The poor night sister was miserable at seeing her precious patients out of bed.
https://t.co/iVX3jRbeW2

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, #Italian leaders had post-War territory growth on the brain. Things were coming to a head in #Austria-#Hungary, too, with #hunger in the cities. @WW1_Series reports: https://t.co/vsILx6gU97

[Real Time History @realtime_hist]

Austria-Hungary looked like a House of Cards this week 100 years ago or is it actually a Game of Thrones? https://t.co/69IcKxIeEz

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, aboard a train in #Pskov, #Russia, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated. (Image credited to V.R. Alekseev.) #1917LIVE #1917CROWD

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, aboard a train at a railroad siding in #Pskov, #Russia, Tsar #NicholasII abdicated his throne: https://t.co/4jSU3eql4k

[100 Years Ago Today @100YearsToday]

100 years ago today, amidst the #FebruaryRevolution, #Russia's Tsar Nicholas II abdicated. @SmithsonianMag recalls: https://t.co/0T62XHkthn