1889
Jul 22
| 1889 • The Wall Street Journal is established. |
1921
Age: 31y
birth of childHelen Steere |
| 1921 • In Britain, labour unions for mining, railway and transportation workers call for a strike; the government threatens to call in the army. |
1940
Feb 26
Age: 50y
| 1940 • WWII: The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian battleship fleet anchored at Taranto naval base. |