♂ Verner Harley Day

1904 - 1981

Verner Harley Day
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Helen Rose McGinnis
Helen Rose McGinnis
1916 - 1994

1904


Aug 25
1904 • The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, is established.

1941


Feb 22
Age: 36y
1941 • The Viet Minh is formed in at Pác Bó in Vietnam to overthrow French rule of the nation as an alliance between the Indochina Communist party, led by Ho Chi Minh, and the Nationalist party. It will become the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

1942


Feb 4
Age: 37y
1942 Holocaust: On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 41y
1946 Umberto II of Italy leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal; Alcide de Gasperi becomes head of state.

1948


Apr 11
Age: 43y

1958


May 14
Age: 53y
1958 • A British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition team led by Sir Vivian Fuchs completes the first overland crossing of the Antarctic, using snowcat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams, in 99 days, via the South Pole.

1960


May 17
Age: 55y
1960 • The State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland protectorate) receives its independence from the United Kingdom. Five days later, it unites as scheduled with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.

1981


May 25
Age: 76y
1981 • The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, DC.

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