Spouse
1912
Jun 30
| 1912 • The Maternity Allowance Act goes into effect in Australia, but excludes minorities. |
1940
Age: 27y
| 1940 • WWII: Winter War: General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Russian forces. |
1949
Jul
Age: 37y
| 1949 • After two months in Bethesda Naval Hospital, James Forrestal commits suicide, under circumstances that seem suspicious to many. |
1955
Aug 24
Age: 43y
birth of childMari K McGee |
| 1955 • In Chicago's Democratic primary, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly loses to the head of the Cook County Democratic Party, Richard J. Daley, 364,839 to 264,77. |
2000
Dec 30
Age: 88y
| 2000 • United States presidential election, 2000: Republican Governor of Texas George W. Bush defeats Democratic Vice President Al Gore in the U.S. presidential election but there is a miscount in Florida resulting in a recount of the votes. |
2001
Oct 10
Age: 89y
| 2001 • Officials announce that one of the Taliban prisoners captured after the prison uprising at Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is John Walker Lindh, an American citizen. |