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1903
Jan 5
| 1903 • In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. |
1920
Age: 16y
| 1920 • Irish War of Independence: Martial law is declared in Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 37y
| 1940 • 19 – WWII: Thirty-two ships are sunk from Convoy SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 by the most effective "wolfpack" of the war including U-boat aces Kretschmer, Prien and Schepke. |
1981
Aug 17
Age: 78y
| 1981 • Antonio Tejero, with members of the Guardia Civil, enters the Spanish Congress of Deputies and stops the session where Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo is about to be named president of the government. The coup d'état fails thanks to King Juan Carlos. |