1910
Sep 3
1910 • George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1928
Nov 26
Age: 18y
marriageAngus Arthur McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
1928 • Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness, with its theme of lesbian love, is published in London. |
1929
Oct
Age: 19y
birth of childEleanor L McGinnis |
1929 • 29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government). |
1935
Age: 24y
birth of childPatricia McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
1935 • Dust Bowl: The great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest. It will be made famous by Woody Guthrie in his "dust bowl ballads". |
1940
Age: 29y
1940 • WWII: Winter War: General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Russian forces. |
2002
Sep 12
Age: 92y
2002 • Eastern Mediterranean Event: An object with an estimated diameter of 10 meters collides with Earth, over the Mediterranean Sea, and detonates in mid-air. |