Hiss, Alger
1904 - Born on November 11th in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an alleged spy for the Soviet Union.
1926 - Graduated from Johns Hopkins University.
1929 - Graduated from Harvard University Law School.
- A law clerk to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1930 - Married to Priscilla Fansler Hobson.
1936 - He was an employee of State Department.
1945 - An adviser to Franklin Roosevelt at Yalta Conference.
- The temporary UN secretary-general before 1st meeting of UN and director of Office of Special Political Affairs.
1946 - He was the president of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
1948 - Accused by Whittaker Chambers before House Un-American Activities Committee of having belonged to Communist spy ring while at State Department and having passed secret documents to Whittaker Chambers for transmission to Soviet Union.
- He pleaded innocent in grand-jury investigation.
1950 - He was convicted for perjury and sentenced to five years in prison.
1975 - He was disbarred and readmitted from Massachusetts Bar Association.
1988 - Wrote his memoir Recollections of a Life.
1996 - Died on November 15th in New York City.
1926 - Graduated from Johns Hopkins University.
1929 - Graduated from Harvard University Law School.
- A law clerk to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1930 - Married to Priscilla Fansler Hobson.
1936 - He was an employee of State Department.
1945 - An adviser to Franklin Roosevelt at Yalta Conference.
- The temporary UN secretary-general before 1st meeting of UN and director of Office of Special Political Affairs.
1946 - He was the president of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
1948 - Accused by Whittaker Chambers before House Un-American Activities Committee of having belonged to Communist spy ring while at State Department and having passed secret documents to Whittaker Chambers for transmission to Soviet Union.
- He pleaded innocent in grand-jury investigation.
1950 - He was convicted for perjury and sentenced to five years in prison.
1975 - He was disbarred and readmitted from Massachusetts Bar Association.
1988 - Wrote his memoir Recollections of a Life.
1996 - Died on November 15th in New York City.
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