American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (born 1866)

John Ringling

John Nicholas Ringling was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus. In addition to owning and managing many of the largest circuses in the United States, he was also a rancher, a real estate developer and art collector. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 1987.

Born

1866

May 31

Died

1936

Era

1860s

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1936 Died

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455 Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
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1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
1293 Mongols depart Java after the failed Mongol invasion against King Kertanegara of Singhasari.

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The world in 1936

When John departed

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Bernard Goldberg 1945– American journalist and author Chien-Shiung Wu 1912–1997 Chinese-American physicist and academic (born 1912) Dave Roberts 1972– American baseball player and coach Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) Laurent Gbagbo 1945– Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521) 1469– Norman Vincent Peale 1898–1993 American minister and author (born 1898) Phil Keoghan 1967– New Zealand television host and producer

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1866

Antonia Maury 1866–1952 American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866) Antonio Luna 1866–1899 Filipino general (born 1866) Cornelia Sorabji 1866–1954 Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (born 1866) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 1866–1915 Indian philosopher and politician (born 1866) Harry Burleigh 1866– American singer-songwriter (died 1949) Harry Trott 1866–1917 Australian cricketer (died 1917) Kenesaw Mountain Landis 1866–1944 American lawyer and judge (died 1944) Margaret Sibella Brown 1866– Canadian bryologist (died 1961) Pierce Butler 1866–1939 American lawyer and jurist (died 1939)

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