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1913
Aug 4
1913 • French physicist Georges Sagnac shows that light propagates at a speed independent of the speed of its source. |
1920
Age: 6y
1920 • The Ruhr Red Army, a communist army 60,000 men strong, is formed in Germany. |
1930
Age: 16y
1930 • The radio drama The Shadow airs for the first time in the United States. |
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Jun
Age: 25y
1939
Jun
Age: 25y
birth of childCharles Lee Smith Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1939 • Britain offers a "guarantee" to Romania and Greece. |
1940
Apr 11
Age: 26y
1940 • Walter Knott begins construction of Ghost town replica which would soon evolve into Knotts Berry Farm |
1943
Apr 25
Age: 29y
birth of childReta Kay Smith Ottumwa, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1943 • Albert Hofmann self-administers the hallucinogenic drug LSD (which he first synthesized in 1938) for the first time in history, and records the details of his experience (April 22). |
2009
May 28
Age: 95y
2009 • Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda assume their seats on the United Nations Security Council. |