♂ Verner Harley Day

1904 - 1981

Verner Harley Day
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Helen Rose McGinnis
Helen Rose McGinnis
1916 - 1994

1904


Aug 25

1941


Feb 22
Age: 36y
1941 • WWII: Arcadia Conference opens in Washington, D.C., the first meeting on military strategy between the heads of government of the United Kingdom and the United States following the latter's entry into the war.

1942


Feb 4
Age: 37y
1942 • WWII: The Battle of the Coral Sea (first battle in naval history where 2 enemy fleets fight without seeing each other's fleets) ends in an Allied victory.

1944


May 12
Age: 39y
1944 Operation Bagration: A general attack by Soviet forces clears the German forces from Belarus, resulting in the destruction of German Army Group Centre, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 41y
1946 Umberto II of Italy leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal; Alcide de Gasperi becomes head of state.

1948


Apr 11
Age: 43y
1948 • The United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) was founded on this date at Ellinwood Malate Church in Manila, Philippines.

1958


May 14
Age: 53y
1958 • A message from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is broadcast from the SCORE satellite.

1960


May 17
Age: 55y

1981


May 25
Age: 76y

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