♂ Wilbur A Elslip

1915 - 1995

Wilbur A Elslip
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1915


Sep 11
1915 Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of 11,690 feet (3,560 m), carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger in a fixed-wing aircraft.

1920


Age: 4y
1920 • The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. It is owned by the Detroit News, the first U.S. radio station owned by a newspaper.

1930


Apr 8
Age: 14y

1943


Apr 5
Age: 27y

1947


Feb 15
Age: 31y
1947 • The German state of Prussia is officially abolished by the Allied Control Council.Law No. 46.

1950


Jan 18
Age: 34y
1950 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is elected president of Brazil for a 5-year term.

1981


Oct 1
Age: 66y
1981 Ric Flair defeats Dusty Rhodes to win his first World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Kansas City.

1995


Jun 4
Age: 79y
1995 • Oil multinational Royal Dutch Shell caves in to international pressure and abandons plans to dump the Brent Spar oil rig at sea.

1995


Jun
1995 • Because of the "quadruple-witching" option expiration, volume on the New York Stock Exchange hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since October 20, 1987, when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after Black Monday.

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