1917
Jun 29
| 1917 • (traditional beginning date of the Bolshevik Revolution & Russian Civil War). |
1920
Age: 2y
| 1920 • Polish–Soviet War: After the Polish army captures Tarnopol, Dubno, Minsk, and Dryssa, the ceasefire is enforced. |
1930
Age: 12y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ He is living with adopted mother Mary (Bardasona) Howard, and her second husband Roy Cook. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The radio drama The Shadow airs for the first time in the United States. |
1940
Age: 22y
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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 • Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy." |
1940
Oct 28
Age: 23y
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
1946
Feb 4
Age: 28y
birth of childPatricia Marie Howard Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1946 • Mensa, an international organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), is founded by Roland Berrill, an Australian-born lawyer, and Dr Lancelot Ware, an English biochemist and lawyer, in Oxford. |
1987
Apr 26
Age: 69y
| 1987 • Scavengers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area. |