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Cyril was a Lieutenant in the US Air Force during World War II
1912
Apr 29
| 1912 • Italy and the Ottoman Empire sign a treaty in Ouchy near Lausanne ending the Italo-Turkish War. |
1930
Age: 17y
| 1930 • A huge hurricane on the Caribbean Sea demolishes most of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. |
1937
Sep 9
Age: 25y
marriageMattie Lee Cunningham Louisiana, USA ⇓ |
| 1937 • George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London publishes the first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. |
1940
Age: 27y
birth of childFrances Ann Taylor Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • U.S. politics: The Democratic Party begins its national convention in Chicago, and nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term as president. |
1940
Age: 27y
| 1940 • Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to "prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings." |
1942
Sep 29
Age: 30y
militaryHouston, Texas, USA ⇓ Joined the Air Force 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • A USAAF squadron, including B-24 Liberators, intercepts many Luftwaffe patrols off the coast of Oran, Algeria. |
1951
Jan 26
Age: 38y
birth of childElizabeth Grace Taylor Jefferson, Marion, Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1951 • United Artists releases sci-fi film The Man from Planet X. |
1988
May 9
Age: 76y
| 1988 • The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev (though Gorbachev had begun minor restructuring in 1985). |