♂ Verner Harley Day

1904 - 1981

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

1941


Feb 22
Age: 36y

1942


Feb 4
Age: 37y
1942 • WWII: Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbuscenskij: An Italian cavalry regiment attacks Soviet forces with drawn sabres at Isbuscenskij in Russia, one of the last major cavalry charges.

1944


May 12
Age: 39y
1944 • WWII: Pacific War – The Battle of Eniwetok begins when U.S. forces invade the atoll in the Marshall Islands.

1946


Mar 16
Age: 41y

1948


Apr 11
Age: 43y
1948 • The Cominform Resolution marks the beginning of the Informbiro period in Yugoslavia and the Soviet/Yugoslav split.

1958


May 14
Age: 53y
1958 • The Monarch Underwear Company fire occurs in New York.

1960


May 17
Age: 55y
1960 • The Great Chilean Earthquake: Chile's subduction fault ruptures from Talcahuano to Taitao Peninsula, causing the most powerful earthquake on record (with a magnitude of 9.5) and a tsunami. Because of its power, the seismographs in the city of Valdivia are overloaded and malfunction through the entire earthquake.

1981


May 25
Age: 76y
1981 • The State Council of the People's Republic of China lists the 4 cities (Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Guilin) as those where the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as natural scenery, should be treated as a priority project.

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