1918 Australian Light Horsemen take Damascus, Syria
1918 Sgt. William Merrifield (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Abancourt, France
1928 First class at school for enlisted Navy and Marine Corps Radio intercept operators (The "On the roof gang")
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1936 Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain
1937 Patrol aviation transferred to Aircraft Scouting Force, a reestablished type command. With change five patrol wings were established as separate administrative command over their squadrons.
1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1938 Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)
1939 Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1940 Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens
1942 Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight
1943 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1943 Clark's forces enter Naples, Italy.
1944 Newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala
1944 The Channel ports are in Allied hands
1945 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army
1946 Truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 miles.
1947 NHL Pension Society founded
1947 The first helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca
1947 US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends
1948 Calif Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages
1948 Radio Denmark begins transmitting
1949 Military Sea Transportation Service activated.
1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung
1949 Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa
