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On 6 September 1914 was the very first air-sea battle in history. 31 October: The siege of Qingdao starts as part of World War I. 1915: 18 January: Japan sends the Twenty-One Demands to China. 1917: 2 November: Lansing–Ishii Agreement goes into effect. 1918: January 1918 to April 1920: Spanish flu pandemic began to devastate Japan, which ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., [1] and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal ...
Memorial Day. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of ...
27640649. Dewey Decimal. 813/.54 20. LC Class. PS3576.E43 N5 1993. A Night in the Lonesome October is a novel by American writer Roger Zelazny published in 1993, near the end of his life. It was his last book, and one of his five personal favorites. [1] The book is divided into 32 chapters, each representing one "night" in the month of October ...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church had its roots in the Millerite movement of the 1830s to the 1840s, during the period of the Second Great Awakening, and was officially founded in 1863. Prominent figures in the early church included Hiram Edson, Ellen G. White, her husband James Springer White, Joseph Bates, and J. N. Andrews.
October 7, 1935 (Monday) By unanimous vote, the League of Nations declared Italy guilty of committing an act of war against all members of the organization by invading Abyssinia. The vote laid the basis for economic sanctions. [16] The Detroit Tigers won the World Series with a 4–3 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Game 6.
Thanksgiving ( French: l'Action de grâce ), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is mostly celebrated in a secular manner.
October 16, 1923 (Tuesday) The Walt Disney Company was founded as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio when 21-year-old Walt Disney, and his 30-year-old brother Roy O. Disney signed a contract to produce the Alice Comedies film series. [70] Walt would later buy out most of Roy's half of the company in 1929.