1897
Sep 21
| 1897 • June 22 The Diamond Jubilee is celebrated in the United Kingdom to honour Queen Victoria's 60 years on the throne.Anne E. Keeling, Great Britain and Her Queen (Echo Library, 2008) p77 No other British monarch will celebrate such a jubilee until June 2, 2012, when the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II is observed. |
1923
Age: 25y
birth of childThomas Fountain McGinnis Dundee, Yamhill, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1923 • Outside Berlin, Major Ernst von Buchrucker, the leader of the Black Reichswehr attempts a putsch by seizing several forts. |
1961
Nov 29
Age: 64y
| 1961 • Apollo program: President Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. |