Parents
Spouse
Siblings
1892
May 4
| 1892 • Sergei Witte replaces Ivan Vyshnegradsky as Russian finance minister. |
1920
Age: 27y
|
residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ They were living on West 64 Street. Marie, the second eldest daughter, was working as a machine operator at an overall factory, and Helen's husband Wilfred Maurice was working as a cutter there. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Canonization of Joan of Arc. Over 30,000 people attend the ceremony in Rome, including 140 descendants of Joan of Arc's family. Pope Benedict XV presides over the rite, for which the interior of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is richly decorated. |
1930
Aug 23
Age: 38y
| 1930 • Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5. |
1940
Apr 15
Age: 47y
| 1940 • Brisbane, Australia swelters through its hottest day ever, 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 Fahrenheit). |
1978
Jul 23
Age: 86y
| 1978 • 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown: Iranian helicopters stray into Soviet airspace and are shot down. |