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1905
Mar 9
| 1905 • 18 – Moscow Uprising, led mainly by Bolsheviks and suppressed by the army. |
1910
Age: 4y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 14y
| 1920 • 1920 World Series: The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers to win their first World Series title. |
1928
Apr 7
Age: 23y
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marriageMadeline Ella Ford 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1928 • Arnold Rothstein, New York City's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a poker game in a Manhattan hotel. |
1933
Nov 19
Age: 28y
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birth of childWilliam Stanley Johnson Jr. Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1933 • President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines."Roosevelt Authorizes Beer Sale By Signing Bill For 3.2 Brew", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 23, 1933, p.1. |
1940
Age: 34y
| 1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, proclaims the intention of Great Britain to fight alone against Germany whatever the outcome: "We shall seek no terms. We shall tolerate no parley. We may show mercy. We shall ask none." |
1950
Apr 4
Age: 45y
| 1950 • Konrad Adenauer tries unsuccessfully to negotiate with East Germany to begin unification. |
1984
Jun 26
Age: 79y
| 1984 • Indian Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11. |
1984
Jun
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burialLawson, Ray County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at the Lawson Cemetery in Missouri, Plot: Section D, Row 36 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1984 • April 16 - More than one million people led by Tancredo Neves occupy the streets of São Paulo to demand direct presidential elections during the Brazilian military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in 1989. |