1917
Jun 29
| 1917 • Zionism: The British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour makes the Balfour Declaration proclaiming British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities". |
1920
Age: 2y
1930
Age: 12y
|
residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ He is living with adopted mother Mary (Bardasona) Howard, and her second husband Roy Cook. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on contraception expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier. |
1940
Age: 22y
|
residenceTrafton Election Precinct, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓ He is living with his adopted mother Mary (Bardasona) Howard, and her second husband Roy E Cook. They have been married ten years. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1940 • The New York Rangers win the 1940 Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey. It will be another 54 years before their next win in 1994. |
1940
Oct 28
Age: 23y
| 1940 • The Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR (August 5) and Estonian SSR (August 6) are incorporated into the Soviet Union six weeks after their annexation. |
1946
Feb 4
Age: 28y
birth of childPatricia Marie Howard Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1946 • The United Nations' first meeting in Long Island is held. |
1987
Apr 26
Age: 69y
| 1987 • The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world. |