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

1915


Jun 16
1915 St. Johns School fire: Fire at St. John's School in Peabody, Massachusetts, claims the lives of 21 girls between the ages of 7 and 17.

1915


Jul 4
Age: 18d
1915 October 14 – WWI: Battle of Loos: British forces take the French town of Loos but with substantial casualties and are unable to press their advantage. This is the first time the British use poison gas in World War I and also their first large-scale use of 'New' or Kitchener's Army units.

1942


Age: 26y
1942 • WWII: Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan.

2011


Jul 11
Age: 96y
2011 • Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.

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