Wilfred Joseph Maurice
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Helen Cecilia Fisher
Helen Cecilia Fisher
1891 - 1942
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1889


Apr 3
1889 • The last official bare-knuckle boxing title fight ever held (under London Prize Ring Rules) as Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan, the "Boston Strong Boy", defeats Jake Kilrain in a world championship bout lasting 75 rounds in Mississippi.

1911


Sep 27
Age: 22y

marriage


Helen Cecilia Fisher
Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Married at St. Alphonsus Church
1911 Jean Sibelius leads his Fourth Symphony premiere in Helsinki

1916


Feb 15
Age: 26y
1916 Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

1919


Mar 11
Age: 29y
1919 Cliftonhill Stadium in Coatbridge, Scotland, opens as the home of Albion Rovers F.C.. They lose the opening match 2–0 to St. Mirren.

1940


Age: 50y
1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames Benito Mussolini for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: "One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians."

1944


Feb 9
Age: 54y
1944 • WWII: Allied forces from Operation Overlord (in the north) and Operation Dragoon (in the south of France) link up near Dijon.

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