Birth | 3 October 1908 Lythradonta, Cyprus |
History | 1914 (Age 5) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
History | 1916 (Age 7) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
History | 1917 (Age 8) Note: Russian Revolution. |
History | 1918 (Age 9) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
History | 1922 (Age 13) Note: Irish Free State established. |
History | 1928 (Age 19) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
History | 1936 (Age 27) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
History | 7 July 1937 (Age 28) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
History | 1938 (Age 29) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
History | 1 September 1939 (Age 30) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
History | 3 September 1939 (Age 30) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
History | 10 June 1940 (Age 31) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
History | 22 June 1941 (Age 32) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
History | 7 December 1941 (Age 33) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
History | 8 December 1941 (Age 33) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
History | 11 December 1941 (Age 33) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
History | 8 September 1943 (Age 34) Note: Italy surrenders. |
History | 13 October 1943 (Age 35) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
History | 19 April 1945 (Age 36) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
History | 8 May 1945 (Age 36) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
History | 2 September 1945 (Age 36) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
Death | 28 June 1984 (Age 75) Ealing, London, England |