1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (died 1971)

John Reith

John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. , as its general manager; in 1923 he became its managing director, and in 1927 he was employed as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation created under a royal charter. His concept of broadcasting as a way of educating the masses marked for a long time the BBC and similar organisations around the world.

Born

1889

July 20

Died

1971

Era

1880s

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1889 Born
1971 Died

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70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
792 Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
911 Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
1189 Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.

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The world in 1971

When John departed

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Alberto Santos-Dumont 1873– Brazilian pilot (died 1932) Ben Simmons 1996– Australian basketball player Chris Cornell 1964–2017 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) David Tonkin 1929–2000 Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000) Elliot Richardson 1920–1999 American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (born 1920) Gregor Mendel 1822–1884 Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822) Heather Chasen 1927– English actress (died 2020) Heinie Manush 1901–1971 American baseball player and manager (died 1971) Ida Mett 1901–1973 Belarusian Jewish anarchist (died 1973)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1889

Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1889–1967 substitute president of Mexico (1932–1934) (born 1889) Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 Austrian-born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (died 1945) Adrian Boult 1889–1983 English conductor (died 1983) Alexander Mair 1889–1969 Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969) Ante Pavelić 1889–1959 Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (born 1889) Gabriela Mistral 1889–1957 Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) Gao Qifeng 1889–1933 Chinese painter (died 1933) Jawaharlal Nehru 1889–1964 Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889) Kim Chwa-chin 1889– South Korean guerrilla leader (died 1930)

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