Spouse
1915
Sep 11
| 1915 • Boxer Jess Willard, the latest "Great White Hope", defeats Jack Johnson with a 26th round knockout in sweltering heat at Havana, Cuba. Willard becomes very popular among white Americans for "bringing back the championship to the white race". |
1920
Age: 4y
| 1920 • Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley climbs the Woolworth Building in New York City. He reaches the 30th floor before being arrested. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 14y
| 1930 • Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England. |
1943
Apr 5
Age: 27y
militarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Occupation at time was "skilled compositors and typesetters" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1943 • WWII: Six U-boats are sunk after sinking 12 ships from Convoy ONS 5 in the last major North Atlantic U-boat "wolfpack" attack of the war. |
1947
Feb 15
Age: 31y
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marriageRita Gretchen McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1947 • Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage, The Exodus is captured by British troops and refused entry into Palestine at the port of Haifa. |
1950
Jan 18
Age: 34y
birth of childVirginia Jean Elslip Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1950 • The Jayuya Uprising is started by Puerto Rican Nationalists against the United States. |
1981
Oct 1
Age: 66y
residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 9620 15th Ave NW # 15 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1981 • Greece enters the European Community, which later becomes the European Union. |
1995
Jun 4
Age: 79y
| 1995 • The Constitutional Court of South Africa abolishes capital punishment in South Africa in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another. |
1995
Jun
| 1995 • The first ever full length computer animated feature film, Toy Story is released by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. |