American journalist and author (born 1892)

Max Brand

Frederick Schiller Faust was an American writer known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. As Max Brand, he also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare for a series of pulp fiction stories. His Kildare character was subsequently featured over several decades in other media, including a series of American theatrical movies by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a radio series, two television series, and comics.

Born

1893

May 29

Died

1944

Era

1890s

Country

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Max, in brief

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1893 Born
1944 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

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The world in 1944

When Max 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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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 29

Helmuth Rilling 1933– German conductor and educator (died 2026) Isaac Albéniz 1860–1909 Spanish pianist and composer (born 1860) John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 35th President of the United States (died 1963) Mel B 1975– English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Oswald Spengler 1880–1936 German historian and philosopher (died 1936) Paul R. Ehrlich 1932– American biologist and author Robert Axelrod 1949– American actor and screenwriter (died 2019) Rupert Everett 1959– English actor and novelist Stephen Larkham 1974– Australian rugby player and coach

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1893

Allen Dulles 1893–1969 American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1969) Alois Hába 1893– Czech composer and educator (died 1973) Charles E. Burchfield 1893–1967 American painter (died 1967) Christopher Kelk Ingold 1893– British chemist (died 1970) Colin Fraser Barron 1893– Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958) H. Bonciu 1893– Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950) Herbert Read 1893–1968 English poet and critic (died 1968) Huey Long 1893–1935 American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died 1935) Joan Miró 1893–1983 Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1983)

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