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1877
Oct 11
| 1877 • Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878: the Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire. |
1900
Age: 22y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1910
Age: 32y
1920
Age: 42y
| 1920 • The world's first peaceful establishment of a social democratic government takes place in Sweden. Hjalmar Branting takes over when Nils Edén resigns. |
1930
Age: 52y
| 1930 • Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime. |
1940
Age: 62y
| 1940 • WWII: Appeal of 18 June: General Charles de Gaulle, de facto leader of the Free French Forces, makes his first broadcast appeal over Radio Londres from London rallying French Resistance, calling on all French people to continue the fight against Nazi Germany: "France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war". |
1950
Apr 29
Age: 72y
| 1950 • The U.S. Army begins to deploy anti-aircraft cannons to protect nuclear stations and military targets. |