Ruth Margaret Gartner
Parents
Rose Marie Sommer
Rose Marie Sommer
1896 - 1985

1915


Jun 16
1915 Battle of Más a Tierra: Off the coast of Chile, the British Royal Navy forces the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Dresden (last survivor of the German East Asia Squadron) to scuttle.

1915


Jul 4
Age: 18d
1915 • WWI: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.

1942


Age: 26y
1942 • WWII: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

2011


Jul 11
Age: 96y
2011 • NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons.

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