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1919
Aug 7
| 1919 • Friedrich Ebert becomes first president in Germany |
1944
Age: 24y
birth of childSherrie Ann Edgar |
| 1944 • Operation Bagration: A general attack by Soviet forces clears the German forces from Belarus, resulting in the destruction of German Army Group Centre, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII. |
1948
Age: 28y
birth of childMary Edgar |
| 1948 • The stock car racing organization NASCAR is founded by Bill France, Sr. |
1955
Age: 35y
birth of childPaul Edgar |
| 1955 • The Illinois Governor, William Stratton, signs the "Loyalty Oath Act", passed by the State Legislature, which mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath to Illinois and the United States, or lose their jobs. |
1960
Age: 40y
birth of childPatty Edgar |
| 1960 • In Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (which had been activated by NASA on July 1). |
1977
May 10
Age: 57y
| 1977 • Anita Bryant is famously pied by four gay rights activists during a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. This event resulted in her political fallout from anti-gay activism. |