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1909
Feb 14
| 1909 • Louis Bleriot is the first man to fly across the English Channel (thus a large open body of water) in a heavier-than-air craft. |
1920
Age: 10y
| 1920 • Canonization of Joan of Arc. Over 30,000 people attend the ceremony in Rome, including 140 descendants of Joan of Arc's family. Pope Benedict XV presides over the rite, for which the interior of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is richly decorated. |
1930
Age: 20y
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residenceMorningside, King County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Construction Engineer. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The experimental television station, W9XAP, in Chicago, Illinois, broadcasts the election for the United States Senate, the first time that a senatorial race, with continual tallies of the votes, is televised. |
1931
May 9
Age: 22y
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marriageBeulah Carol Herrin Snohomish County, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1931 • Jane Addams became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 31y
| 1940 • Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard. |
1977
Aug 12
Age: 68y
| 1977 • The Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates. |