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1898
Mar 20
| 1898 • Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20). |
1900
Age: 1y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British troops are defeated by the Boers at Ladysmith. |
1910
Age: 11y
| 1910 • Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. |
1920
Age: 21y
| 1920 • League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. |
1925
Age: 26y
birth of childJoan M Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ |
| 1925 • The National Football League adds 5 teams: the New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team, and the Pottsville Maroons. |
1929
Age: 30y
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marriageErma Hogue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1929 • The Albanian missionary sister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa, arrives in Calcutta from Ireland to begin her work in India. |
1940
Age: 41y
| 1940 • The Churchill war ministry in the United Kingdom offers a Franco-British Union to Paul Reynaud, Prime Minister of France, in the hope of preventing France from agreeing to an armistice with Germany, but Reynaud resigns when his own cabinet refuses to accept it. |
1950
Jun 30
Age: 52y
| 1950 • The Suppression of Communism Act passed on June 26, comes into force in South Africa. |
1971
Dec 1
Age: 73y
| 1971 • Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had served two times as prime minister). |