1906
Jul 11
1906 • SOS becomes an international distress signal. |
1930
Age: 23y
1930 • The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam. |
1933
Age: 26y
birth of childBarbara Leona Craig Washington, USA ⇓ |
1933 • Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany begins with seizure of the Bible Students' office in Magdeburg. |
1933
Jul 9
Age: 26y
birth of childDonald Bernard Craig Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
1940
Age: 33y
1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames Benito Mussolini for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: "One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians." |
1980
Jan 10
Age: 73y
1980 • The main-belt asteroid 2404 Antarctica is discovered by Antonin Mrkos at Klet', South Bohemian Region, Czechoslovakia. |