Martha Elizabeth West
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1919

1919 • XWA (now CINW), in Montreal, Quebec, becomes the first public radio station in North America to go on the air.

1939


Feb 12
Age: 20y

marriage


James Frederick Morgan
1939 Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.

1940


Jun 20
Age: 21y
1940 • WWII: Germany invades the neutral countries of Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung, opening the Norwegian Campaign. The British Royal Navy attempts to attack elements of the German fleet off Norway. Vidkun Quisling proclaims a new collaborationist regime in Norway. The German invasion of Denmark lasts for about six hours before that country capitulates.

1950


Apr 7
Age: 31y
1950 Korean WarBattle of Inchon: Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.

1990


Dec 28
Age: 72y
1990 • Collapse of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

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