American lawyer and judge (died 1944)

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944. He is remembered for his resolution of the Black Sox Scandal, in which he expelled eight members of the Chicago White Sox from organized baseball for conspiring to lose the 1919 World Series and repeatedly refused their reinstatement requests. His iron rule over baseball in the near quarter-century of his commissionership is generally credited with restoring public confidence in the game.

Born

1866

November 20

Died

1944

Era

1860s

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Kenesaw, in brief

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1944 Died

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The world in 1944

When Kenesaw departed

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Alistair Cooke 1908–2004 English-American journalist and author (born 1908) Edvard Westermarck 1862– Finnish philosopher and sociologist (died 1939) Jerry Colangelo 1939– American businessman Jim Garrison 1921–1992 American lawyer and judge (died 1992) Kimberley Walsh 1981– English singer-songwriter and actress Kōhei Horikoshi 1986– Japanese manga artist Lee Yun-yeol 1984– South Korean gamer Oskar Potiorek 1853– Austro-Hungarian Army officer (died 1933) Victor D'Hondt 1841–1901 Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (born 1841)

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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) John Ringling 1866–1936 American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (born 1866) Margaret Sibella Brown 1866– Canadian bryologist (died 1961) Pierce Butler 1866–1939 American lawyer and jurist (died 1939)

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