Person report

★16 Apr 1912
American Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

★09 Dec 1917
First World War: Hussein al-Husayni, the Ottoman mayor of Jerusalem, surrendered the city to the British.

★19 Jul 1919
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burned down Luton Town Hall.

★21 Nov 1920
Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the IRA assassinated a group of British intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.

★15 Nov 1922
During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.

★01 Jul 1935
Grant Park Music Festival, the United States' only annual free outdoor classical music concert series, began its tradition of free symphonic music concerts in Chicago's Grant Park.

★14 May 1940
World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

★12 Sep 1952
Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a 10 ft tall monster in the woods as they were investigating a UFO.

★14 Jan 1967
The counterculture Human Be-In was held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, heralding the Summer of Love.

★18 Mar 1969
Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

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Facts vedr. Lawcock.

Som du jo nok VED er Jack et kæ         lenavn. han er fø         dt i Rotherham og DØ         BT JOHN.

Hans foræ         ldre var: William Ernest Lawcock, og Lydia Emily Clifford.