Legendary silent screen leading man Rudolph Valentino died of peritonitis at age 31.
A huge star of his day, he remains a well known figure of the era.
Dr. Charles William Eliot, the longest serving president of Harvard, died at age 91. He transformed the university from a respected provincial college into a preeminent research university.
Theodore Roosevelt called him "the only man in the world I envy."
Last edition:
Sunday, August 15, 1926. Martyrs of the Cristero War and open rebellion.
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