Margarita Gretchen Gartner
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Parents
Frederic Gartner
Frederic Gartner
1860 - 1934
Helena Roetzheim
Helena Roetzheim
1863 - 1951
Spouse
John Patrick McGinnis
John Patrick McGinnis
1887 - 1976
Children
Siblings

1900


Age: 11y
1900 • The U.S. Senate accepts the British-German treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the American Samoa portion of the Samoan Islands.

1911


Age: 22y
1911 Mexican Revolution: Rebels take Agua Prieta on the SonoraArizona border; government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader "Red" López is drunk.

1913


Dec 27
Age: 26y

1916


Mar 9
Age: 28y
1916 • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs legislation creating the National Park Service.

1930


Age: 41y
1930 Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

1940


Age: 51y
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy."

1969


Apr 19
Age: 81y
1969 Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer game against El Salvador, rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. Of the 300,000 Salvadoran workers in Honduras, tens of thousands are expelled, prompting a brief Salvadoran invasion of Honduras. The OAS works out a cease-fire on July 18, which takes effect on July 20.

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