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United Fruit map.png
The banana empire United Fruit Company founded
year 1899

Events

Uncertain Date

The United Fruit Company, an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas), and which soon maintained a virtual monopoly in certain regions, some of which came to be called banana republics, such as Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, was founded.


 

Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901
Dreyfus AffairNovember 18941906

 

New Groups

GroupImageTypeDescription
Norwegian Confederation of Trade UnionsLO-emblem.pngThe largest and most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway, closely connected to the Labour Party.
Finland/Social Democratic PartySDP Finland.png
University of WolverhamptonWlv coa.JPGPublicBritish university
FiatFiat.pngThe largest automobile manufacturer in Italy.
Texas State UniversityTexas State University seal.pngState universityUniversity in Texas
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineLSHTMLogo2020.pngResearch
Public
Many members of this School is at the center of the COVID-19 psy-op.
Simmons CollegeGroup.pngPrivate women's Undergraduate
Co-educational Graduate
MorrisonsMorrisons.png
Virginia Union UniversityVirginiaUnionUniversityLogo.pngMilitary ranks
Baptist=
Private, historically black, Baptist university in Richmond, Virginia.
General DynamicsGen-dyn.svgUS arms manufacturer

 

A Group that was Wound Up

GroupImageDescription
Ohio Central CollegeGroup.pngIn 1882, future president Warren G. Harding graduated from the college.

 

Deaths

TitleBornDiedPlace of deathSummaryDescription
Wirt Dexter Walker1 September 186024 April 1899Lawyer
Garret Hobart3 June 184421 November 1899New Jersey
Paterson
PoliticianUS Vice President whose untimely death of heart disease fortuitously cleared the way for the man-of-destiny Theodore Roosevelt.

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Adnan Menderes1899Turkey
Koçarlı
Aydın Vilayet
17 September 1961PoliticianTurkish PM for 10 years. In this role he attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1950s
Ettore Musco1899Italy
Naples
1990Spook
Soldier
One of the early key members of Gladio
Davey Neligan18991983Spook
Police officer
Double agent
First head of the newly formed The Irish Free State Garda Special Branch and a key figure in the
William Geary18992004An Irish Nationalist and member of the Irish police force who became the victim of intrigues involving the British and Irish intelligence services arising from the Irish civil war.
B. H. M. Vlekke18991970AcademicDutch academic who did propaganda work when in exile in the United States during WW2. In attendance at the first Bilderberg 1954.
Norah Briscoe18991996SpookAttempted to supply UK classified information to Nazi Germany
Hans Hirschfeld18991961Diplomat
Economist
Dutch economist/diplomat. Rapporteur in the attendance list of the first Bilderberg.
Howard Jones2 January 1899Indiana
Evansville
September 1973Diplomat
Sherman Adams8 January 1899Vermont
Windham County
27 October 1986Deep politicianGovernor of New Hampshire and powerful White House Chief of Staff under President Eisenhower.
Karl Brandt9 January 1899Germany
Essen
8 July 1975EconomistGerman/US agricultural economist who attended the 1959 Bilderberg.
Al Capone17 January 1899New York
Brooklyn
U.S.
25 January 1947Crime bossInfamous crime boss
Robert Hutchins17 January 189917 May 1977Academic
Gotthard von Falkenhausen20 January 18991 November 1982BankerGerman banker
John Bodkin Adams21 January 18994 July 1983Doctor
Fraudster
Serial killer
Alfred Denning23 January 1899Hampshire
Whitchurch
5 March 1999Lawyer
Judge
Paul-Henri Spaak25 January 1899Belgium
Schaerbeek
31 July 1972Politician
Deep politician
Bilderberger, President of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary General of NATO, President of the European Movement International
Burhan Belge1 February 1899Turkey
Istanbul
12 January 1967DiplomatTurkish diplomat. First husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, father of Murat Belge
Cevdet Sunay10 February 1899Turkey
Çaykara
22 May 1982Soldier
Politician
Edward Mason22 February 189929 February 1992EconomistUS economist who attended the 1956, 1963 and 1966 Bilderberg.
Max Petitpierre26 February 189925 March 1994PoliticianSwiss politician
Alfred Gruenther3 March 1899Nebraska
Platte Center
30 May 1983Attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1950s as SACEUR
Panagiotis Pipinelis21 March 189919 July 1970Diplomat
Politician
One of a dozen men whom Józef Retinger consulted when setting up the Bilderberg group. Missed the first Bilderberg due to illness, but attended three more. Greek PM.
Lavrenty Beria29 March 1899Merkheuli
Kutaisi Governorate
Russia/Tsarist Russia
23 December 1953Deep politician
Wirt Dexter Walker I13 April 18998 August 1953Lawyer
Bertil Ohlin23 April 1899Sweden
Klippan
Skåne County
3 August 1979Politician
Economist
Swedish economist and politician who attended 3 Bilderbergs up to the 1962 Bilderberg
Julius Holmes24 April 189914 July 1968Diplomat
Spook
Arthur Wilhelm1 May 1899Switzerland
Safenwil
Aargau
4 February 1962EconomistSwiss economist who attended the 1960 Bilderberg and 1961 Bilderbergs. Died suddenly in February 1962.
A. K. Chesterton1 May 1899South Africa
Krugerdorp
16 August 1973Journalist
Politician
Max Steenberghe2 May 1899Netherlands
Leiden
22 January 1972Politician
Businessperson
Dutch politician and businessman who attended the first Bilderberg.
M. P. L. Sternberghe2 May 1899Netherlands
Leiden
22 January 1972PoliticianDutch Finance Minister from 1941 (in exile) who attended the 4th Bilderberg meeting
Clifton Wharton11 May 1899Maryland
Baltimore
25 April 1990DiplomatUS diplomat who attended the 1978 Bilderberg
H. Freeman Matthews26 May 1899Maryland
Baltimore
19 October 1986PoliticianU.S. career diplomat who was Ambassador to three European countries and participated in the Yalta conference.
Selim Sarper14 June 1899Turkey
Istanbul
11 October 1968Diplomat
Politician
Attended the 1959 Bilderberg in Turkey. Became Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs on the day after the 1960 Turkish coup d'état
Manoel Sarmento Rodrigues15 June 1899Portugal1 August 1979Academic
Mariner
Portuguese colonial administrator trying to keep the empire intact with reforms. Attended the 1959 Bilderberg meeting, where one of the topics was "What are the elements in the evolving picture in tropical Africa that may affect Western unity?"; and the 1960 Bilderberg meeting.
Walter Krivitsky28 June 1899Austria-Hungary
Podwołoczyska
10 February 1941Spook
Defector
A spook and defector
Norman Dodd29 June 18991 January 1987Bank manager and congressional investigator who exposed how tax-exempt foundations were subverting the United States Government by other than constitutional means. He then proceeded to show that this applied to the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Carnegie Endowment.
Wolfgang zu Putlitz16 July 1899Germany
Laaske
3 September 1975Diplomat
Spook
Possibly the most important human-source intelligence Britain received in the prewar period
Helen Silvermaster19 July 1899Russia/Tsarist Russia22 December 1991Spook
Ernest Hemingway21 July 1899US
Illinois
Oak Park
2 July 1961American author hounded by the FBI
Raymond Evershed8 August 1899Stapenhill
Burton upon Trent
3 October 1966Judge
Deep state operative
Master of the Rolls, President of the Pilgrims Society
Lyman Lemnitzer29 August 1899Pennsylvania
Honesdale
U.S.
12 November 1988SoldierThe Chairman of the JCS who approved the now infamous Operation Northwoods, later made NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe; was in favor of excessive use of the nuclear arsenal to destroy the Soviet Union.
Leo Strauss20 September 1899Germany
Prussia
Kirchhain
18 October 1973Philosopher
Neoconservatism
"The father of neoconservatism"
Sylvain Floirat28 September 189914 March 1993Businessperson
Marcus Wallenberg Jr5 October 189913 September 1982Banker
Businessperson
Banker businessman patriarch of the Wallenberg family.
Marcus Wallenberg Jr.5 October 1899Sweden
Stockholm
13 November 1982Banker
Athlete
Deep state operative
Chairman of the Federation of Swedish Industries, Bilderberg Steering committee, 22 Bilderbergs
Thorkil Kristensen9 October 1899Denmark
Fløjstrup
26 June 1989Politician
Academic
First Secretary-General of the OECD. 3 Bilderbergs
Josiah Wedgwood20 October 189918 May 1968Businessperson
René Boël27 October 189929 June 1990Businessperson
Belgian nobility
Married into the Big Chemical Solvay family, where he became director. Represented Belgium at the Bretton Woods Conference. After the war, he was involved with the European League of Economic Cooperation. Attended Bilderberg/1960.
Lewis Thompson Preston Sr.27 November 1899Colorado Springs9 February 1937AthleteUS establishment, father of Lewis Thompson Preston who went on to be President of the World Bank Group.
Robert Welch1 December 1899North Carolina
Chowan County
6 January 1985Businessperson
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