Spouse
1912
May 25
| 1912 • The African National Congress is founded as the South African Native National Congress at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein to promote improved rights for black South Africans, with John Langalibalele Dube as its first president. |
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Jun
Age: 27y
1939
Jun
Age: 27y
birth of childCharles Lee Smith Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1939 • WWII: Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland. |
1940
Apr 11
Age: 27y
| 1940 • WWII: Vichy France begins with a constitutional law which only 80 members of the parliament vote against. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France. |
1943
Apr 25
Age: 30y
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birth of childReta Kay Smith Ottumwa, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1943 • WWII: The Four Chaplains of the U.S. Army are among those drowned when their ship, United States Army Transport Dorchester, is struck by a German torpedo in the North Atlantic. |
2009
Dec 26
Age: 97y
| 2009 • The second G-20 summit, involving state leaders rather than the usual finance ministers, meets in London. Its main focus is an ongoing global financial crisis. |