Mary Margaret McGinnis
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Parents
John Patrick McGinnis
John Patrick McGinnis
1887 - 1976
Margarita Gretchen Gartner
Margarita G Gartner
1887 - 1969
Spouse
Harold Erving Fisher
Harold Erving Fisher
1907 - 1987
Siblings

1914


Jan 4
Age: 8d
1914 • The Emperor of Austria-Hungary receives the report of Austro-Hungarian investigation into the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo. The Times publishes an account of the Austro-Hungarian press campaign against the Serbians (who are described as "pestilent rats").

1920


Jan 7
Age: 6y

1932


Jun 6
Age: 18y

graduation


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Graduated from Holy Angels Academy
1932 • A general World Disarmament Conference begins in Geneva. The principle issue at the conference is the demand made by Germany for gleichberechtigung ("equality of status" i.e. abolishing Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany) and the French demand for sécurité ("security" i.e. maintaining Part V).

1941


Feb 8
Age: 27y
1941 • WWII: Italy and Romania declare war on the Soviet Union.

1942


Feb 14
Age: 28y
1942 DDT is first used as a pesticide.

1943


Apr 21
Age: 29y
1943 • WWII: Occupation of Denmark – Germany dissolves the Danish government after it refuses to deal with a wave of strikes and disturbances to the satisfaction of the German authorities.

1945


Apr 5
Age: 31y
1945 • WWII: Vietnam's capital Hanoi is overthrown by the Viet Minh which ends the French occupation in what becomes North Vietnam and thus the southern provinces become South Vietnam. This ends the August Revolution.

1949


Apr 18
Age: 35y
1949 • The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.

1950


Apr 13
Age: 36y
1950 • Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who is staying at the Blair-Lee House in Washington, D.C. during White House repairs.

2005


Aug 10
Age: 91y

2005


Aug 13

burial


Shoreline, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Buried at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery
2005 Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

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