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Cyril was a Lieutenant in the US Air Force during World War II
1912
Apr 29
| 1912 • The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter. |
1930
Age: 17y
| 1930 • Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River in the United States. |
1937
Sep 9
Age: 25y
marriageMattie Lee Cunningham Louisiana, USA ⇓ |
| 1937 • The encyclical Divini Redemptoris of Pope Pius XI, critical of communism, is published. |
1940
Age: 27y
birth of childFrances Ann Taylor Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation. |
1940
Age: 27y
| 1940 • The New York Rangers win the 1940 Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey. It will be another 54 years before their next win in 1994. |
1942
Sep 29
Age: 30y
militaryHouston, Texas, USA ⇓ Joined the Air Force 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property. |
1951
Jan 26
Age: 38y
birth of childElizabeth Grace Taylor Jefferson, Marion, Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1951 • The Johnny Bright Incident occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma. |
1988
May 9
Age: 76y
| 1988 • In Israel, Ivan Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II. He is accused by survivors of being the notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp known as "Ivan the Terrible". The conviction is later overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court. |