Beulah Carol Herrin
Spouse

1913


Nov 3
1913 July 11 – Major industrial strike in the Black Country of England involving 25,000 workers, threatening preparations for World War I in naval and steel industries. The workers demand 23 shillings minimum wage.

1920


Age: 6y
1920 22 – The Brussels Conference establishes a timetable for German war reparations intended to extend for over 42 years.

1931


May 9
Age: 17y
1931 Jane Addams became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1940


Apr 16
Age: 26y
1940 • WWII: British naval units sink or seize ships of the French fleet anchored in the Algerian ports of Oran and Mers-el-Kebir. The following day, Vichy France breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain

2000


Aug 21
Age: 86y
2000 • The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.

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