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1916
Mar 9
| 1916 • The HMS Hampshire sinks having hit a mine off the Orkney Islands, Scotland, with Lord Kitchener aboard. |
1920
Jan 7
Age: 3y
| 1920 • Prohibition in the United States begins with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect. |
1930
Age: 13y
| 1930 • An early literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works. |
1940
Age: 23y
| 1940 • General Charles de Gaulle is officially recognized by Britain as the "Leader of all Free Frenchmen, wherever they may be." |
1941
Feb 22
Age: 24y
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marriageVerner Harley Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1941 • Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa arrives in Honolulu to study the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. |
1942
Feb 4
Age: 25y
birth of childWarren John Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1942 • WWII: Erwin Rommel launches his new offensive in Cyrenaica. |
1944
May 12
Age: 28y
birth of childDonna Rose Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1944 • US and British paratrooper divisions jump over Normandy, in preparation for D-Day, including 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions of the United States. |
1946
Mar 16
Age: 30y
birth of childJudith Ann Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1946 • Mensa, an international organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), is founded by Roland Berrill, an Australian-born lawyer, and Dr Lancelot Ware, an English biochemist and lawyer, in Oxford. |
1948
Apr 11
Age: 32y
birth of childJohn Patrick Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1948 • Richard Nixon parades microfilm from the "Pumpkin Papers" to the press |
1958
May 14
Age: 42y
birth of childBarbara Jane Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1958 • BOAC uses the new De Havilland Comet jets, to become the first airline to fly jet passenger services across the Atlantic. |
1960
May 17
Age: 44y
birth of childDorothy Diane Day Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1960 • August 7 - The world's first Standard gauge passenger preserved railway, The Bluebell Railway, opens to the public. |
1994
Sep 28
Age: 78y
| 1994 • William J. Perry is sworn in as the United States Secretary of Defense. |