Mary Jones was born on November 30, 1834, and died on November 12, 1940. A photo of her celebrating her 100th birthday is available on the Find A Grave (
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Some Memorable Events during her Birth Year (1834):
* March 28 – Andrew Jackson is censured by the United States Congress (expunged in 1837).
* April 14 – The Whig Party is officially named by United States Senator Henry Clay.
* August 1 – Slavery is abolished in the British Empire by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
* August 15 – The South Australia Act allows for the creation of a colony there.
* October 16 – The Palace of Westminster is destroyed by fire.
* December 10 – Sir Robert Peel succeeds Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (1940):
* January 19 – The Three Stooges short subject comedy film You Nazty Spy! released, the first Hollywood parody of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, with Moe Howard portraying "Moe Hailstone" as the Hitler-parody lead.
* February 7 – RKO release Walt Disney's second full-length animated film, Pinocchio.
* February 9 – Mae West & W. C. Fields join comedic forces for My Little Chickadee with tremendous success. The film becomes one of the highest grossing of the year.
* March 18 – WWII: Axis powers: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass in the Alps. After being informed by Hitler that the Germans are ready to attack in the west, Mussolini agrees to bring Italy into the war in due course.
* May 10 – WWII:
- Battle of France begins
- German forces invade Low Countries (Battle of the Netherlands begins, Battle of Belgium begins, Invasion of Luxembourg begins)
- British Invasion of Iceland.
- With the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* May 15 - The very first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California.
* May 15 - Women's stockings made of nylon are first placed on sale across the United States. Almost five million pairs are bought on this day.
* June 10 - WWII:
- Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
- Canada declares war on Italy.
- The Norwegian Army surrenders to German forces.
- The French government flees to Tours.
* July 27 – Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the Oscar-nominated cartoon short, A Wild Hare. However, it is not until 1941 that his name is adopted.
* September 7 - WWII: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London (the first of 57 consecutive nights of strategic bombing).
* September 27 – WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.
* November 5 – United States presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' first and only third-term president.
* December 24 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian spiritual non-violence leader writes his second letter to Adolf Hitler addressing him "My friend", requesting him to stop the war Germany had begun.
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