Ruth Margaret Gartner
Parents
Rose Marie Sommer
Rose Marie Sommer
1896 - 1985

1915


Jun 16
1915 • Emory College is rechartered as Emory University, and plans to move its main campus from Oxford, Georgia to Atlanta.

1915


Jul 4
Age: 18d
1915 October 14 – WWI: Battle of Loos: British forces take the French town of Loos but with substantial casualties and are unable to press their advantage. This is the first time the British use poison gas in World War I and also their first large-scale use of 'New' or Kitchener's Army units.

1942


Age: 26y
1942 • WWII: In violation of a 1940 armistice, Germany invades Vichy France, following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.

2011


Jul 11
Age: 96y
2011 • Arab Spring: The Syrian Civil War begins.

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