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1896
Feb 12
1896 • The first edition of the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is published. |
1910
Apr 19
Age: 14y
1910 • George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1916
Jan 10
Age: 19y
marriageRoyal Carter King Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1916 • WWI – Siege of Kut ends with the surrender of British forces to the Ottoman Empire at Kut-al-Amara on the Tigris in Basra Vilayet during the Mesopotamian campaign. |
1917
Feb 12
Age: 21y
birth of childIvah Candice King Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1917 • WWI: Battle of Jerusalem (1917) begins with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force launching attacks against Ottoman forces in the Judean Hills. |
1918
Aug 10
Age: 22y
birth of childTheresa Olieta King Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1918 • Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by the Russian SFSR to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War. |
1920
Age: 23y
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. |
1920
Apr 4
Age: 24y
birth of childAnita Evelyn King Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1920 • The United States Railroad Administration returns control of American railroads to its constituent railroad companies. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 34y
1930 • A huge hurricane on the Caribbean Sea demolishes most of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. |
1940
Apr 6
Age: 44y
1940 • WWII: The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 is signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt, creating the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. |
1941
Jun 30
Age: 45y
marriageSagarlan Alonzo Knighton Skamania, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1941 • WWII: Germans reach their closest approach to Moscow. They are subsequently frozen by cold weather and attacks by the Soviets. |
1985
Mar 15
Age: 89y
1985 • The capital gains tax is introduced to Australia.http://www.ato.gov.au/content/00208572.htmhttp://www.ato.gov.au/businesses/content.aspx?doc=/content/64155.htm |