1876
| 1876 • King Leopold II of Belgium hosts the Brussels Geographic Conference on the subject of colonizing and exploring central Africa. By the event's conclusion a new international body named the International African Association is established. |
1905
Age: 28y
birth of childMarie M Johnson Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1905 • Lochner v. New York: The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New York's 8-hour-day law. |
1908
Age: 31y
birth of childHelen Johnson Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1908 • A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. |
1920
Feb 14
Age: 44y
| 1920 • The short-lived Far Eastern Republic is declared in eastern Siberia. |
1930
Apr 24
Age: 54y
| 1930 • Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles using only a reverse gear; the 11,555 km trip lasts 42 days. |
1940
Apr 13
Age: 64y
| 1940 • WWII: Second Armistice at Compiègne: The French Third Republic and Nazi Germany sign an armistice ending the Battle of France in the Forest of Compiègne, in the same Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits railroad car used by Marshal Ferdinand Foch to agree the Armistice with Germany in 1918. This divides France into a Zone occupée in the north and west under the Military Administration in France (Nazi Germany) and a southern Zone libre, Vichy France. |