1889
Jul 22
| 1889 • Claiming to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founds the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in India. |
1921
Age: 31y
birth of childHelen Steere |
| 1921 • Dr. Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England. |
1940
Feb 26
Age: 50y
| 1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames Benito Mussolini for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: "One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians." |