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In 1900 he was a stoker at a gas house, in 1910 a city laborer, and in 1920 a laborer with the street department.
1853
Jan
| 1853 • Potato chips are first prepared. |
1871
Age: 17y
| 1871 • United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries |
1878
Oct 30
Age: 25y
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marriageMary Margaret Buckley Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada ⇓ |
| 1878 • In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside. |
1881
Age: 27y
| 1881 • The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack. |
1885
Mar
Age: 32y
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birth of childMary Margaret McGinnis Illinois ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1885 • Grover Cleveland succeeds Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States. |
1887
Dec 14
Age: 34y
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birth of childJohn Patrick McGinnis Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes makes his first appearance, in the novel A Study in Scarlet published in Beeton's Christmas Annual. |
1892
Aug
Age: 39y
birth of childMargaret Leona McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • Prince George (later George V) becomes Duke of York. |
1895
Feb
Age: 42y
birth of childSarah Maria McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1895 • Auguste and Louis Lumière display their first moving picture film in Paris. |
1897
Nov 30
Age: 44y
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birth of childAngus Arthur McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1897 • Francis P. Church responds to a letter to the editor that is known as the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter. |
1900
Jun 8
Age: 47y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1930
Age: 76y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Living with daughter Margaret and her husband James 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). |
1932
Sep 1
Age: 79y
| 1932 • A methane gas explosion causes the Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster which claims 54 lives. |
1932
Sep 3
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burialSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried at Calvary Cemetery. |
| 1932 • António de Oliveira Salazar becomes the fascist prime minister of Portugal (for the next 36 years). |