Jul 16 The birth of Ginger Rogers, American film actress/dancer

Jul 08 Nan Aspinwall is first woman to make solo transcontin. trip by horse

Jul 15 The birth of Edward Shackleton, English explorer

Jul 14 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Phillipines

Jul 07 Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record 25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship

Jul 11 A huge forest fire breaks out in Porcupine district near Timmins, fanned by high winds into a 40 km long front, the fire takes 200 lives; over 3,000 left homeless; burns up 2200 sq. km, destroying the mining communities of South Porcupine, Cochrane and Goldlands.

Jul 15 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Phillipines

Jul 06 First naval aviation base established at Annapolis, MD.

Jul 30 J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley

Jul 05 The birth of Georges Pompidou, French statesman

Mar 04 Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in US

Mar 20 National Squah Tennis Association formed (New York NY)

Mar 07 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border

Mar 30 Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 meter) completed

Mar 03 The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri

Mar 07 Willis Farnworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker.

Mar 26 The birth of Tennessee Williams, American author

Mar 18 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law

Mar 21 H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught 1850-1942 appointed the Canadian Governor General

Mar 25 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. Nearly 146 workers died, mostly immigrant women. Many were trapped because of locked exits.

Mar 03 The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star

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