1910
Sep 3
| 1910 • African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. |
1928
Nov 26
Age: 18y
marriageAngus Arthur McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1928 • The airship Italia crashes at the North Pole; one of the occupants is Italian general Umberto Nobile. A rescue expedition leaves for the Pole on May 30. |
1929
Oct
Age: 19y
birth of childEleanor L McGinnis |
| 1929 • First appearance of Hergé's Belgian comic book hero Tintin as Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter..., au pays des Soviets), begins serialization in children's newspaper supplement, Le Petit Vingtième. |
1935
Age: 24y
birth of childPatricia McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1935 • William Christian Bullitt, Jr., the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, hosts the elaborately prepared Spring Ball of the Full Moon which is said to have surpassed all other embassy parties in Moscow's history. |
1940
Age: 29y
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
2002
Sep 12
Age: 92y
| 2002 • Telecommunications giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (the largest such filing in United States history). |