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1897
Sep 20
| 1897 • The Battle of Saragarhi: Twenty-one Sikhs of the 36th Sikh of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defend an army post against 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen. The battle occurs in the North-West Frontier Province Afghanistan, now a part of Pakistan, which then formed part of British India. |
1920
Apr 1
Age: 22y
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birth of childWilliam Thomas Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The United Kingdom cedes its brief control of the key Black Sea port of Batum to the Democratic Republic of Georgia. |
1921
Jul 7
Age: 23y
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birth of childConway Laurence Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1921 • Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin. |
1922
Dec 6
Age: 25y
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birth of childJohn Walter Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1922 • The Ottoman Empire is abolished and its last sultan Mehmed VI, abdicates. |
1927
Jul 23
Age: 29y
birth of childJames Arthur Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1927 • May 5 – The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 strikes 700,000 people in the greatest natural disaster in American history through that time. |
1983
Mar 30
Age: 85y
| 1983 • British entrepreneur Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. |