Spouse
1906
Jul 11
| 1906 • The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England. |
1930
Age: 23y
| 1930 • A huge hurricane on the Caribbean Sea demolishes most of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. |
1933
Age: 26y
birth of childBarbara Leona Craig Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1933 • Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference, after the U.S., the U.K. and France deny its request to increase its defense armaments under the Versailles Treaty. |
1933
Jul 9
Age: 26y
birth of childDonald Bernard Craig Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1933 • Alejandro Lerroux forms a new government in Spain. |
1940
Age: 33y
| 1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill tells the House of Commons of the United Kingdom: "The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin." |
1980
Jan 10
Age: 73y
| 1980 • Samuel Kanyon Doe takes over Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of democratic presidential succession in that country. |