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1924
Apr 26
| 1924 • The Alpha Delta Gamma Fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago. |
1930
Age: 5y
| 1930 • German election, 1930: National Socialists win 107 seats in the German Parliament, the Reichstag (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party. |
1930
Apr 10
Age: 5y
| 1930 • Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime. |
1944
Aug 4
Age: 20y
| 1944 • WWII: Operation Dragoon lands Allies in southern France. The U.S. 45th Infantry Division participates in its fourth assault landing at Sainte-Maxime, spearheading the drive for the Belfort Gap. |
1954
Jul 1
Age: 30y
birth of childMarsha L Thornton |
| 1954 • The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 3.27 points, or 0.86 percent, closing at an all-time high of 382.74. More significantly, this is the first time the Dow has surpassed its peak level reached just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. |
2002
Dec 23
Age: 78y
| 2002 • The US State Department releases a report naming 7 state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. |