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1917
Feb 12
| 1917 • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson begins his second term. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 2y
| 1920 • Switzerland rejoins the League of Nations. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 13y
| 1930 • One-year conscription comes into force in France. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 23y
| 1940 • Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard. |
1940
Jun 23
Age: 23y
birth of childToinette Earlene Williams Boise, Idaho, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 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." |
1983
Jul 20
Age: 66y
marriageJames C Richardson Reno, Nevada, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1983 • Ronald Reagan declassifies GPS for public use; it will be shut down again in 1990 for the Gulf War and re-activated again in 1993. |
1992
Age: 74y
| 1992 • Amoco and Unocal Corporation announce restructuring plans that will eliminate 10,000 jobs in 1992 and 1993. |
1998
Jul 8
Age: 81y
| 1998 • The wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942, is found near Midway Atoll by a team led by former US Navy officer Robert D. Ballard. |