♂ Verner Harley Day

1904 - 1981

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

1942


Feb 4
Age: 37y
1942 • WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal begins – The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps begin the first American offensive of the war with an amphibious landing on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

1944


May 12
Age: 39y
1944 United States presidential election: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, becoming the only U.S. president elected to a fourth term.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 41y
1946 • The inaugural session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) occurs.

1948


Apr 11
Age: 43y
1948 • The 57th Street Art Fair, the oldest juried art fair in the American Midwest, is founded.

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
1960 Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches the satellite Sputnik 5, with the dogs Belka and Strelka (the Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. This satellite returns to earth the next day and all animals are recovered safely.

1981


May 25
Age: 76y
1981 • In Bolivia, General Luis Gracia Meza leads a bloody coup d'état against the elected government of Lidia Gayler.

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