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1898
Mar 20
| 1898 • Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. |
1900
Age: 1y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
1910
Age: 11y
| 1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1920
Age: 21y
| 1920 • Government of Ireland Act 1920, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, receives Royal Assent from George V providing for the partition of Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland with separate parliaments, granting a measure of home rule. |
1925
Age: 26y
birth of childJoan M Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ |
| 1925 • The Communist assault on St. Nedelya Church claims roughly 150 lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
1929
Age: 30y
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marriageErma Hogue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1929 • The Geneva Convention addresses the treatment of prisoners of war. |
1940
Age: 41y
| 1940 • Winston Churchill, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." |
1950
Jun 30
Age: 52y
| 1950 • Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launched a massive counterattack against South Korean and United Nations forces at the Ch'ongch'on River and the Chosin Reservoir, dashing any hopes for a quick end to the conflict. |
1971
Dec 1
Age: 73y
| 1971 • Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002). |