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1916
Feb 15
| 1916 • The British Sopwith Camel aircraft makes its maiden flight. It is designed to counter the German's Fokker aircraft. |
1930
Age: 13y
| 1930 • Nurse Ellen Church becomes the world's first flight attendant, working on a Boeing Air Transport trimotor. |
1940
Age: 23y
| 1940 • In Korea, the Hunminjeongeum (1446) is discovered, explaining the basis of the Hangul alphabet. |
1955
Apr 16
Age: 39y
marriageFrank Paul Hapka Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1955 • Claudette Colvin (a fifteen-year-old African-American girl) refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white woman after the driver demands it. She is carried off the bus backwards while being kicked and handcuffed and harassed on the way to the police station. |
1956
Apr 2
Age: 40y
birth of childAnita Marie Hapka Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1956 • Queen Elizabeth II inaugurates Chew Valley Lake in Somerset, England. |
2002
Apr 26
Age: 86y
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deathSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried at Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 2002 • An eruption on the volcanic island Stromboli off the coast of Sicily causes a flank failure and tsunami. The island is later evacuated. |