Helen Rose McGinnis
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Parents
John Patrick McGinnis
John Patrick McGinnis
1887 - 1976
Margarita Gretchen Gartner
Margarita G Gartner
1887 - 1969
Spouse
Verner Harley Day
Verner Harley Day
1904 - 1981
Siblings

1916


Mar 9
1916 • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.[http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/RTN/History/Wilson.aspx]

1940


Age: 23y
1940 • WW II: The "Eagle Day" strike on southern Great Britain occurs, starting the rapid escalation of the Battle of Britain air offensive of the Luftwaffe against RAF Fighter Command.

1941


Feb 22
Age: 24y
1941 CBS television begins commercial operation on New York station WCBW (now WCBS-TV) on channel 2.

1942


Feb 4
Age: 25y
1942 • The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania.

1944


May 12
Age: 28y

1946


Mar 16
Age: 30y
1946 Trygve Lie of Norway is selected as the first United Nations Secretary General.

1948


Apr 11
Age: 32y
1948 • President Harry S. Truman issues the second peacetime military draft in the United States, amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union (the first peacetime draft occurred in 1940 under President Roosevelt)

1958


May 14
Age: 42y
1958 • The Menzies Liberal government in Australia is re-elected for a fifth term.

1960


May 17
Age: 44y

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