Arthur Miller was born on 17 October 1915 in what is now the United States. An American playwright and essayist, Miller was one of the major dramatists of the twentieth century. His plays include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, which won the Pulitzer Prize, The Crucible and A View from the Bridge. The Crucible, set during the Salem witch trials, was an allegory of McCarthyism, and in 1956 he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and convicted of contempt of Congress, a verdict later overturned. He was married for a time to Marilyn Monroe, and wrote the screenplay for her film The Misfits. His work explored guilt, responsibility and the pressures of the American dream.
Before and after
- from 8 August 1915 to 19 August 1915Battle of the Gulf of Riga
- 29 August 1915Birth of Ingrid Bergman
- from 25 September 1915 to 14 October 1915Battle of Loos
- October 1915Publication of The Metamorphosis
- 17 October 1915Birth of Arthur Miller
- from 21 October 1915 to 30 September 1918Macedonian Front
- from 21 November 1915 to 30 August 1916Shackleton's Endurance is crushed by the ice
- from 22 November 1915 to 25 November 1915Battle of Ctesiphon
- 25 November 1915Birth of Augusto Pinochet
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 1932Rise of socialist realism
- 21 September 1937Publication of The Hobbit
- c. 1940sRise of abstract expressionism
- 15 January 1943Construction of The Pentagon
The era
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