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

1916


Mar 9
1916 • WWI – Gas attack at Hulluch in France: The 47th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division is decimated in one of the most heavily concentrated German gas attacks of the war.

1930


Age: 13y
1930 • Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.

1941


Feb 22
Age: 24y
1941 • All German and Italian assets in the United States are frozen.

1942


Feb 4
Age: 25y
1942 Gasoline rationing begins in the United States.

1944


May 12
Age: 28y
1944 Battle of Eniwetok concludes when U.S. forces secure the last islands in the Eniwetok Atoll.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 30y

1948


Apr 11
Age: 32y
1948 • The 1948 Summer Olympics begin in London, the first since the 1936 Summer Olympics

1958


May 14
Age: 42y
1958 Iceland extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km).

1960


May 17
Age: 44y
1960 • The 1960 United States Census begins. There are 179,323,175 U.S. residents on this day.[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1961-02.pdf Population] All people from Latin America are listed as white, including blacks from the Dominican Republic, European whites from Argentina and Mexicans who resemble Native Americans.

1994


Sep 28
Age: 78y
1994 • The New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup, in 7 games over the Vancouver Canucks. It was New York's first Stanley Cup since 1940. Riots erupt in Vancouver in response to the victory causing $1.1 million Canadian dollars in damage.

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