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1917
Feb 12
| 1917 • WWI: The Military Service Act is passed in the Canadian House of Commons, giving the Government of Canada the right to conscript men into the army. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 2y
| 1920 • Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón announces in Chilpancingo that he intends to fight against the rule of Venustiano Carranza. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 13y
| 1930 • Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft, and also the first cow to be milked in an aeroplane. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 23y
| 1940 • Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to "prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings." |
1940
Jun 23
Age: 23y
birth of childToinette Earlene Williams Boise, Idaho, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Winter War – Russian forces launch a major assault on Finnish troops occupying the Karelian Isthmus. |
1983
Jul 20
Age: 66y
marriageJames C Richardson Reno, Nevada, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1983 • Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships. |
1992
Age: 74y
| 1992 • An F-16 jet crashes into a residential district of Hengelo, the Netherlands; no casualties are reported. |
1998
Jul 8
Age: 81y
| 1998 • The last former Soviet Union radar station, Skrunda-1, is closed down in Latvia. |