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1897
Nov 30
| 1897 • Ethiopia uses the tricolor flag: green is for the land, yellow for gold, and red is symbolic of strength and the blood shed. |
1900
Jun 8
Age: 2y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1917
Age: 19y
| 1917 • WWI: The Nivelle Offensive is abandoned. |
1928
Nov 26
Age: 30y
marriageDona Jane Record Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1928 • Tich Freeman sets an all-time record for the number of wickets taken in an English cricket season. |
1929
Oct
Age: 31y
birth of childEleanor L McGinnis |
| 1929 • First appearance of Hergé's Belgian comic book hero Tintin as Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter..., au pays des Soviets), begins serialization in children's newspaper supplement, Le Petit Vingtième. |
1935
Age: 37y
birth of childPatricia McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1935 • Anglo-German Naval Agreement: Britain agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage. |
1940
Age: 42y
| 1940 • Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy." |
1976
Jun 28
Age: 78y
| 1976 • The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. |