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Showing posts with label Montana (Helena). Show all posts

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Tuesday, May 7, 1901. Gary Cooper born.

Gary Cooper was born in Helena, Montana.  His English born father was a lawyer, rancher, and would become a Montana Supreme Court justice.

Cooper was well educated, and his early education was in the United Kingdom.  He was a member of the Church of England growing up but converted to Catholicism, having been introduced to it by his daughter and then estranged wife, two years prior to his death.  He died in 1961.

Allis-Chalmers was incorporated.

German troops defeated Chinese cavalry in a battle at Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou) in the Hebei Province of China.

Last edition:

Monday, May 6, 1901. 15,000 dead.