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1924
Apr 26
| 1924 • Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his "death ray" in London but fails to convince the British War Office. |
1930
Age: 5y
1930
Apr 10
Age: 5y
| 1930 • Bureau of Narcotics established under the United States Department of the Treasury, replacing the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit. |
1944
Aug 4
Age: 20y
| 1944 • First woman appointed to the substantive rank of captain in the United States Navy Nurse Corps, Sue S. Dauser. |
1954
Jul 1
Age: 30y
birth of childMarsha L Thornton |
| 1954 • U.S. Capitol shooting incident: Four Puerto Rican nationalists open fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wound five; they are apprehended by security guards. |
2002
Dec 23
Age: 78y
| 2002 • The United States Senate withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. The Russian State Duma withdraws from START II Treaty of 1993 in response. |