Spouse
1890
Apr 11
| 1890 • American geostrategist Alfred Thayer Mahan publishes his influential book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783. |
1930
Aug 23
Age: 40y
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marriageMarie Myrtle Fisher Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Canadian adventurer William "Red" Hill, Sr., makes a five-hour journey down the Niagara Gorge rapids. |
1972
May 27
Age: 82y
| 1972 • Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571: A Fairchild FH-227D passenger aircraft transporting a rugby union team crashes at about 14,000' in the Andes mountain range, near the Argentina/Chile border. Sixteen of the survivors are found alive December 20 but they have had to resort to cannibalism to survive. |