♂ Wilbur A Elslip

1915 - 1995

Wilbur A Elslip
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1915


Sep 11
1915 • WWI: Forces of the Ottoman Empire begin shelling Anzac Cove from a new position behind their lines.

1930


Apr 8
Age: 14y
1930 • British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden long-range flight resulting in the loss of 48 lives.

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 • United States Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) formed, consolidating the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WFTD).

1947


Feb 15
Age: 31y
1947 Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

1950


Jan 18
Age: 34y
1950 • In East Germany, the Communists win 99.7% of the vote.

1981


Oct 1
Age: 66y
1981 Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days within minutes of Ronald Reagan succeeding Jimmy Carter as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis.

1995


Jun 4
Age: 79y

1995


Jun
1995 • In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

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