Chester T Eddings
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1914


Jun 11
Age: 3y
1914 World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands – A superior British Royal Navy squadron under Doveton Sturdee defeats ships of the Imperial German Navy under Maximilian von Spee.

1940


Apr 22
Age: 29y
1940 • The Churchill war ministry in the United Kingdom offers a Franco-British Union to Paul Reynaud, Prime Minister of France, in the hope of preventing France from agreeing to an armistice with Germany, but Reynaud resigns when his own cabinet refuses to accept it.

1986


Sep 23
Age: 76y
1986 • President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti, ending 28 years of family rule.

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