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1863
Mar 3
| 1863 • Opening of Salon des Refusés in Paris draws attention to paintings by avant-garde artists, notably Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe. |
1870
Age: 6y
| 1870 • The British government admits the former Hudson's Bay Company territory of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada. |
1880
Age: 16y
1897
Jun 2
Age: 34y
marriageJessie Amelia Krug Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • The word "computer", meaning an electronic calculation device, is first used. |
1898
Mar 20
Age: 35y
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birth of childGeorge C Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1900
Age: 36y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1900
Feb 3
Age: 36y
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birth of childHelen Louise Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • Second Boer War: Battle of Paardeberg: British troops defeat the Boers. |
1905
Dec 21
Age: 42y
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birth of childElizabeth L Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa, at the Premier Mine. |
1910
Age: 46y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1920
Age: 56y
| 1920 • United Kingdom and France ratify the border between French-held Syria and British-held Palestine. |
1930
Age: 66y
| 1930 • While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a Celestial Body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006. |
1940
Age: 76y
| 1940 • The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics are proclaimed in Moscow. |
1947
Jun 2
Age: 84y
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anniversaryOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ They were living on 141 River Street at the time, and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by having an open house from 3-5 and 7-9 pm for their friends, and a family dinner the next day. |
| 1947 • National Security Act of 1947 becomes effective on this day creating the United States Air Force, National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. |
1948
May 19
Age: 85y
