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Alger Hiss

American government official who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union (1904–1996)

14 dated entries naming Alger Hiss, drawn from 7 separate years between 1904 CE and 1996 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1904November 11 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer, government official, author and lecturer (died 1996)source
  • 1945March 30 – American official Alger Hiss is congratulated in Moscow for his part in bringing the positions of the Western powers and the Soviet Union closer to each other at the Yalta Conference.source
  • 1948August 17 – The HUAC holds a private session between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.source
  • 1948August 25 – The HUAC holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.source
  • 1948August 3 – Whittaker Chambers appears under subpoena before the HUAC and alleges that several former U.S. Federal officials were communists, including Harry Dexter White and Alger Hiss.source
  • 1948August 5 – Alger Hiss appears before the HUAC, to deny the allegations of Whittaker Chambers.source
  • 1948December 15 – The United States Department of Justice indicts Alger Hiss, on two counts of perjury.source
  • 1948November 17 – Whittaker Chambers produces secret government papers, handwritten and typewritten by Alger Hiss, during pretrial examination.source
  • 1948September 27 – Alger Hiss files a slander suit against Whittaker Chambers, for his August 27 radio statement in the United States.source
  • 1949May 31 – The first trial of Alger Hiss for perjury begins in New York City, with Whittaker Chambers as principal witness for the prosecution.source
  • 1949November 17 – The second trial of Alger Hiss for perjury begins in New York, again with Whittaker Chambers as principal witness.source
  • 1950January 21 – In the United States, suspected spy Alger Hiss is convicted on two counts of perjury.source
  • 1961July 9 – Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss casesource
  • 1996November 15 – Alger Hiss, 92, American State Department official and alleged spy.source

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