♂ Wilbur A Elslip

1915 - 1995

Wilbur A Elslip
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1915


Sep 11

1930


Apr 8
Age: 14y
1930 • Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River in the United States.

1943


Apr 5
Age: 27y

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Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Occupation at time was "skilled compositors and typesetters"
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1943 • WWII: The Battle of Kursk ends with a serious strategic defeat for the German forces.

1947


Feb 15
Age: 31y
1947 • The United States Air Force test pilot, Captain Chuck Yeager, flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound, the first time it has been accomplished

1950


Jan 18
Age: 34y
1950 • The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.

1981


Oct 1
Age: 66y
1981 United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

1995


Jun 4
Age: 79y
1995 • David Daliberti and William Barloon, 2 Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait, are arrested after straying into Iraq.

1995


Jun
1995 • The first cold front of the White Earthquake strikes Chile; during the rest of August several communities becomes isolated due to heavy snowfall and livestock is decimated.

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