1901
Nov 24
1901 • The okapi is observed for the first time (previously known only to local natives). |
1925
Age: 23y
birth of childJoan M Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ |
1925 • Meher Baba begins his 44-year silence. |
1929
Age: 27y
marriageGeorge C Clinger Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1929 • Red Crescent adopted as an additional emblem of the League of Red Cross Societies. |
1940
Age: 38y
1940 • WWII: Wilhelm Keitel signs the "Aufbau Ost" directive, which eventually leads to the invasion of the Soviet Union. |
1984
Jun 12
Age: 82y
1984 • April 16 - More than one million people led by Tancredo Neves occupy the streets of São Paulo to demand direct presidential elections during the Brazilian military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in 1989. |