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

1920


Jan 7
Age: 3y
1920 • The oldest surviving pro wrestling match on film takes place, with Joe Stecher defeating Earl Caddock.

1941


Feb 22
Age: 24y
1941 • Sweden's low temperature record of -53 °C is set in a village within the Vilhelmina Municipality.

1942


Feb 4
Age: 25y
1942 • WWII: Guadalcanal, occupied only by aborigines falls to the Japanese Naval construction force deployed to construct an air field on the island.

1944


May 12
Age: 28y
1944 • WWII: Jüri Uluots, prime minister in capacity of president of Estonia, escapes to Sweden; 2 days later, Tallinn is taken by the Red Army.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 30y
1946 Bikinis go on sale in Paris.

1948


Apr 11
Age: 32y

1958


May 14
Age: 42y
1958 • King Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the World Fair in Brussels, also known as Expo '58. The Atomium forms the centrepiece.

1960


May 17
Age: 44y
1960 Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President.

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