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1913
Aug 4
| 1913 • French physicist Georges Sagnac shows that light propagates at a speed independent of the speed of its source. |
1920
Age: 6y
| 1920 • In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany. |
1930
Age: 16y
| 1930 • The National Pan-Hellenic Council is founded in Washington, D.C.. |
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Jun
Age: 25y
1939
Jun
Age: 25y
birth of childCharles Lee Smith Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1939 • Lou Gehrig gives his last public speech, following a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In it, he says, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." |
1940
Apr 11
Age: 26y
| 1940 • In the land battle of Narvik, German forces retire giving the Allies their first victory on land in the war; however, the British have already decided to evacuate Narvik. |
1943
Apr 25
Age: 29y
birth of childReta Kay Smith Ottumwa, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1943 • WWII: Occupation of Denmark – Germany dissolves the Danish government after it refuses to deal with a wave of strikes and disturbances to the satisfaction of the German authorities. |
2009
May 28
Age: 95y
| 2009 • NASA's Kepler Mission, a space photometer which will search for extrasolar planets in the Milky Way galaxy, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. |