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1917
Feb 12
| 1917 • Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia refuses the throne, and power passes to the newly formed Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 2y
| 1920 • 25 – Polish–Soviet War: The Red Army is defeated in the Battle of Warsaw. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 13y
| 1930 • Canadian adventurer William "Red" Hill, Sr., makes a five-hour journey down the Niagara Gorge rapids. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 23y
| 1940 • The New York Rangers win the 1940 Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey. It will be another 54 years before their next win in 1994. |
1940
Jun 23
Age: 23y
birth of childToinette Earlene Williams Boise, Idaho, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • In Sweden, Victor Hasselblad forms the Victor Hasselblad AB Camera Company. |
1983
Jul 20
Age: 66y
marriageJames C Richardson Reno, Nevada, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1983 • A special commission of the Congress of the United States releases a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. |
1992
Age: 74y
| 1992 • Falun Gong is introduced by Li Hongzhi in China. |
1998
Jul 8
Age: 81y
| 1998 • A Russian Proton rocket is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first segment of the International Space Station, the 21 ton Zarya Module. |