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1895
Apr 4
| 1895 • The huge indemnity exacted from China is used to establish the Yawata Iron and Steel Works. |
1914
Jun 11
Age: 19y
marriageOscar C Meyer Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1914 • World War I: Battle of Coronel: A Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock is met and defeated by superior German forces led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee, in the first British naval defeat of the war, resulting in the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth. |
1915
Aug 18
Age: 20y
birth of childWalter Fred Meyer Washougal, Skamania, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1915 • U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking. |
1916
Jun 30
Age: 21y
birth of childIrene Clara Meyer Washougal, Skamania, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1916 • Gustav Holst composes The Planets, Opus 32. |
1940
Apr 22
Age: 45y
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation. |
1968
Jan 7
Age: 72y
| 1968 • The Soviet's Zond 5 unmanned lunar flyby mission returns to earth, with its first of a kind biological payload intact. |