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1919
Jan 11
| 1919 • The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. |
1920
Jan 7
Age: 11m
| 1920 • United States presidential election, 1920: Republican Warren G. Harding defeats Democrat James M. Cox and Socialist Eugene V. Debs, in the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote. |
1930
Age: 10y
| 1930 • Greater Sudbury is incorporated as a city in northern Ontario. |
1940
Age: 20y
| 1940 • The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held for the first time in Sturgis, South Dakota. |
1947
Feb 15
Age: 28y
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marriageWilbur A Elslip Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1947 • John C. Hennessy, Jr., brings the first Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle was shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.Copies of the bill of sale as well as the shipping documents and a letter from the Port of New York confirming the arrival of the VW can be found in Hennessy’s book The Bride and the Beetle. |
1950
Jan 18
Age: 31y
birth of childVirginia Jean Elslip Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1950 • The Jayuya Uprising is started by Puerto Rican Nationalists against the United States. |
1981
Oct 1
Age: 62y
residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 9620 15th Ave NW # 15 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1981 • The Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia with NASA astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launches on the STS-1 mission, returning to Earth on April 14. It is the first time a manned reusable spacecraft has returned from orbit. |
2005
Oct 20
Age: 86y
| 2005 • The world's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is formed by the merger of 2 Japanese banking conglomerates. |
2005
Oct
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burialShoreline, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried at Holyrood Cemetery |
| 2005 • Another second is added, 23:59:60, called a leap second, to end the year 2005. The last time this occurred was on June 30, 1998. |