Helen Rose McGinnis
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Parents
John Patrick McGinnis
John Patrick McGinnis
1887 - 1976
Margarita Gretchen Gartner
Margarita G Gartner
1887 - 1969
Spouse
Verner Harley Day
Verner Harley Day
1904 - 1981
Siblings

1930


Age: 13y
1930 • The government of Turkey requests the international community to adopt Istanbul and Ankara as the official names for Constantinople and Angora.

1941


Feb 22
Age: 24y
1941 • The Viet Minh is formed in at Pác Bó in Vietnam to overthrow French rule of the nation as an alliance between the Indochina Communist party, led by Ho Chi Minh, and the Nationalist party. It will become the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

1942


Feb 4
Age: 25y
1942 • WWII: Executive order 9082 (February 28, 1942) comes into effect reorganizing the United States Army into three major commands: Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces, and Services of Supply, later redesignated Army Service Forces, with Henry H. Arnold as Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces.

1944


May 12
Age: 28y
1944 • WWII: Aachen, the first German city to fall, is captured by American troops.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 30y

1948


Apr 11
Age: 32y
1948 • At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated

1958


May 14
Age: 42y

1960


May 17
Age: 44y
1960 January 6 - The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.

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