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1874
Feb 5
| 1874 • First Battle of Somorrostro (Third Carlist War): Determined to raise the siege of Bilbao by the Pretender Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano sent General Domingo Moriones with a relief force of 14,000 men. Carlists, under General Nicolás Ollo, entrenched at Somorrostro outside Bilbao drive back a courageous assault by General Fernando Primo de Rivera and then the entire Republican army. The republicans lose 1,200 men, and Moriones loses his nerve demanding reinforcements and a replacement for himself. Moriones men entrenched and waited. |
1910
Age: 35y
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1920
Age: 45y
| 1920 • The Ruhr Red Army, a communist army 60,000 men strong, is formed in Germany. |
1930
Age: 55y
| 1930 • Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River in the United States. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 66y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ George lived at 140 West Jefferson Street in Memphis. Alta's mother, Harriet Madison Jenkins is living with them at 85 years old shortly before her death. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France and immediately asks Germany for peace terms. |
1950
Apr 10
Age: 76y
| 1950 • The 22nd Academy Awards ceremony is held. |
1966
Age: 91y
| 1966 • Star Trek, the science fiction television series, debuts on NBC-TV in the United States with its first episode, titled "The Man Trap". |