Catherine Viola O'Grady
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Arthur J McGinnis
Arthur J McGinnis
1901 - 1968

1906


Dec 30
1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution: a nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah to grant a constitution and establish a national assembly, the Majlis.

1927


Jun 25
Age: 20y
1927 • Nearly 600 members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers view a live demonstration of television at the Bell Telephone Building in New York City, just over a year after John Logie Baird of Scotland had first demonstrated an electromechanical television system to the members of the Royal Society in London.

1931


Age: 23y
1931 • Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

1940


Age: 32y
1940 • WWII: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

1987


Mar 1
Age: 80y
1987 • The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.

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