Fred Marcus Johnson
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Edna D Wiegner
Edna D Wiegner
1878 - 1957
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1874


Nov 28
1874 27Second Battle of Somorrostro (Third Carlist War): In a renewed attempt to raise the siege of Bilbao by Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano himself arrived with 27,000 men and 70 cannon. However in three days of fierce fighting, the Carlist General Joaquín Elío, with just 17,000 men, once again drove off the attack at nearby Somorrostro, and it was another six weeks before Serrano managed to relieve Bilbao.

1901


Apr 25
Age: 26y
1901 Middelburg peace conference fails in South Africa as Boers continue to demand autonomy.

1905


Feb 9
Age: 30y
1905 • First running of the Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb, the world's oldest motorsport event to have been staged continuously on its original course

1940


Age: 65y
1940 • WWII: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his [ftp://webstorage2.mcpa.virginia.edu/library/nara/fdr/audiovisual/speeches/fdr_1940_0610.mp3 "Stab in the Back"] speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

1950


Jul 31
Age: 75y
1950 Egypt demands that Britain remove all its troops in the Suez Canal.

1950


Aug
1950 • The Kefauver Committee hearings into U.S. organized crime begin.

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