Spouse
1912
Jun 30
| 1912 • United States release of Sarah Bernhardt's film Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth is influential on the development of the movie feature. Adolf Zukor, who incorporates Paramount Pictures on May 8, 1914, launches his company as the distributor. Paramount celebrates its centennial in 2012. |
1940
Age: 27y
| 1940 • WWII: The Soviet Union annexes the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in what becomes regarded as an early example of Soviet imperialism. |
1949
Jul
Age: 37y
| 1949 • India issues the London Declaration, enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth', and renaming the organisation as the 'Commonwealth of Nations'. |
1955
Aug 24
Age: 43y
birth of childMari K McGee |
| 1955 • The International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations was founded in Luxembourg. |
2000
Dec 30
Age: 88y
| 2000 • Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths. |
2001
Oct 10
Age: 89y
| 2001 • Typhoon Vamei forms within 1.5 degrees of the equator. No other tropical cyclone in recorded history has come as close to the equator. |