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1901
Apr 25
| 1901 • Yale University celebrates its bicentennial. |
1920
Age: 18y
1923
Oct 20
Age: 22y
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marriageHarry E Gates 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1923 • The third hurricane of the season, the first recorded example of a storm crossing from the Eastern Pacific basin into the Atlantic basin, occurred in Oaxaca. |
1930
Age: 28y
| 1930 • Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). |
1937
Feb 19
Age: 35y
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birth of childMary Joann Gates Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1937 • Italy withdraws from the League of Nations. |
1940
Age: 38y
| 1940 • WWII: Appeal of 18 June: General Charles de Gaulle, de facto leader of the Free French Forces, makes his first broadcast appeal over Radio Londres from London rallying French Resistance, calling on all French people to continue the fight against Nazi Germany: "France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war". |
1972
May 5
Age: 71y
| 1972 • The California Supreme Court voids the state's death penalty, commuting all death sentences to life in prison. |