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Cyril was a Lieutenant in the US Air Force during World War II
1912
Apr 29
1912 • The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. |
1930
Age: 17y
1930 • The Eastern Catholic Rite Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed. |
1937
Sep 9
Age: 25y
marriageMattie Lee Cunningham Louisiana, USA ⇓ |
1937 • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is published. |
1940
Age: 27y
birth of childFrances Ann Taylor Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • Walter Knott begins construction of Ghost town replica which would soon evolve into Knotts Berry Farm |
1940
Age: 27y
1940 • WWII: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to the then Major-General Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. |
1942
Sep 29
Age: 30y
militaryHouston, Texas, USA ⇓ Joined the Air Force 1 Source ⇓ |
1942 • 26 – WWII: Operation Harling: A British Special Operations Executive team, together with Greek Resistance fighters, blows up the Gorgopotamos viaduct in the first major sabotage act in occupied continental Europe. |
1951
Jan 26
Age: 38y
birth of childElizabeth Grace Taylor Jefferson, Marion, Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1951 • Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. |
1988
May 9
Age: 76y
1988 • In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran is launched by an Energia rocket on its maiden orbital spaceflight (the first and last space flight for the shuttle). |