1906
Jul 11
1906 • Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin introduces agrarian reforms aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants. |
1930
Age: 23y
1930 • Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime. |
1933
Age: 26y
birth of childBarbara Leona Craig Washington, USA ⇓ |
1933 • The United States officially goes off the gold standard. |
1933
Jul 9
Age: 26y
birth of childDonald Bernard Craig Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
1933 • FM radio is patented. |
1940
Age: 33y
1940 • The Vought XF4U-1, prototype of the F4U Corsair U.S. fighter later used in WWII, makes its first flight. |
1980
Jan 10
Age: 73y
1980 • A coup in Suriname ousts the government of Henck Arron; leaders Desi Bouterse and Roy Horb replace it with a National Military Council. |