1896
Jul 20
| 1896 • The premiere of Alfred Jarry's absurdist play Ubu Roi in Paris causes a near-riot. |
1914
Jun 30
Age: 17y
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marriageCharles William Gartner Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major. |
1915
Jun 16
Age: 18y
birth of childRuth Margaret Gartner Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1915 • WWI: The Royal Navy battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat with the loss of 547 crew. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 43y
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
1985
Jan 3
Age: 88y
| 1985 • U.S. President Ronald Reagan joins German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite S.S. troops from World War II. |