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1918
Aug 10
| 1918 • WWI: Battle of Tell 'Asur launched by units of the British Army's Egyptian Expeditionary Force against Ottoman defences from the Mediterranean Sea, across the Judaean Mountains to the edge of the Jordan Valley ends on March 12 with the move of much of the front line north into Ottoman territory. |
1920
Age: 1y
| 1920 • Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty: The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic recognizes independent Lithuania. |
1930
Age: 11y
| 1930 • Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). |
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Age: 20y
1939
Age: 20y
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birth of childFrank L McKimmie 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1939 • MGM's classic musical film The Wizard of Oz, based on L. Frank Baum's famous novel, and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. |
1940
Age: 21y
| 1940 • The Civil Aeronautics Administration is placed under the Department of Commerce. |
1946
Feb 4
Age: 27y
birth of childPatricia Marie Howard Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1946 • At the Los Alamos Laboratory, Dr. Louis Slotin saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of ionizing radiation (the incident is initially classified). |
1954
Jul 1
Age: 35y
birth of childMarsha L Thornton |
| 1954 • The common Nordic Labour Market act is signed. |
2002
Aug 21
Age: 84y
| 2002 • Civil war starts in Côte d'Ivoire. |