♂ Arthur J McGinnis

1901 - 1968

Arthur J McGinnis
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1927


Jun 25
Age: 26y

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Catherine Viola O'Grady
Kent, King, Washington, USA ⇓
1927 • Paul R. Redfern leaves Brunswick, Georgia, flying his Stinson Detroiter "Port of Brunswick" to attempt a solo nonstop flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He later crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, but the crash site has never been found.

1931


Age: 29y
1931 • The United Kingdom abandons the gold standard.

1940


Age: 38y
1940 Japan enters French Indochina: an agreement is signed in which Japan promises to station no more than 6,000 troops there, and never have more than 25,000 transiting the colony. Rights were also given for three airfields.

1968


Nov 3
Age: 67y
1968 • Yachtsman Alec Rose, 59, receives a hero's welcome as he sails into Portsmouth, England after his 354-day round-the-world trip.

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