27 December 1939 Posted on December 26, 2015 by Staff Over 30 000 are killed by an earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey. Famous Words of Inspiration..."When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." Mark Twain — Click here for more from Mark Twain Related posts: 18 December 1939 14 May 1939 23 August 1939 1 September 1939 15 August 1939 13 January 1939 2 August 1939 28 February 1939 30 April 1939 1 September 1939