What happened in 1926?
Here’s a look at the World as it was 1oo years ago. The year 1926 stood at a crossroads between Victorian-era invention and the unmistakably modern world, and the international news of the year reflected rapid technological change, political instability, and cultural spectacle. One of the most symbolic moments came in January when Scottish inventor
Al Capone hated his nickname. Though he earned the moniker “Scarface” after a bar fight in 1917, it was only after rising in the ranks as a mobster in the 1920s that the press popularized his epithet.
An epithet is a literary device used to describe or characterize a person, place, or thing by highlighting a particular quality or trait associated with them. It is a descriptive phrase or adjective that often becomes closely linked to the subject’s name. Here are some of the most notorious nicknames.
