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Pyle met his future wife, Geraldine Elizabeth "Jerry" Siebolds (August 23, 1899 – November 23, 1945), a native of Minnesota, at a Halloween party in Washington, D.C., in 1923. They married in July 1925. [18] [19] In the early years of their marriage the couple traveled the country together.
1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months. The speed limit lasts only four months. 1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed " Lucy " (after The Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky ...
The 3 November 1945 declaration was made in Indonesia, encouraging the formation of political parties as part of democracy.; Irvin Charles Mollison was sworn in as a U.S. Customs Court judge in New York City, becoming the first African-American to serve on the federal bench within the continental United States.
November 28. The 1945 Balochistan earthquake causes a tsunami and kills 4,000. British fascist John Amery pleads guilty to treason, and is condemned to death. [53] November 29. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is declared (this day is celebrated as Republic Day until the 1990s). Marshal Tito is named president.
Afrikaans; Алтай тил; Anarâškielâ; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Արեւմտահայերէն; Asturianu; Aymar aru; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه
Richard Wesley (born 1945), playwright and screenwriter [50] Thomas Chatterton Williams (born 1981), cultural critic and author, whose works include the 2019 book Self-Portrait in Black and White [51] Ruth Winter (born 1930), journalist and science writer [52] William Woestendiek (1920–2015), editor and journalist [53]
Elisabeth Leonskaja (born 1945), pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006; Gustav Mahler [2] (1860–1911), composer; Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812), composer, singer; Penny McLean (born 1948), singer with the disco group Silver Convention; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [2] [3] (1756–1791), musician and composer
2012 – A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people. 2015 – A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to change course.