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Children
1863
Mar 3
| 1863 • Linoleum patented in the United Kingdom. |
1870
Age: 6y
| 1870 • Goodna State School in Goodna, Queensland, Australia is founded. |
1880
Age: 16y
1897
Jun 2
Age: 34y
marriageJessie Amelia Krug Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • The first issue of the radical paper Tocsin is published. |
1898
Mar 20
Age: 35y
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birth of childGeorge C Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1898 • Wakita is founded in the Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma. |
1900
Age: 36y
| 1900 • The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris (as part of the Paris World Exhibition). |
1900
Feb 3
Age: 36y
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birth of childHelen Louise Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. |
1905
Dec 21
Age: 42y
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birth of childElizabeth L Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Mukden begins in Manchuria. |
1910
Age: 46y
| 1910 • George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1920
Age: 56y
1930
Age: 66y
| 1930 • José Félix Uriburu carries out a military coup, overthrowing Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina. |
1940
Age: 76y
| 1940 • Marshal Philippe Pétain is named vice-premier of France. |
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 • John C. Hennessy, Jr., brings the first Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle was shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.Copies of the bill of sale as well as the shipping documents and a letter from the Port of New York confirming the arrival of the VW can be found in Hennessy’s book The Bride and the Beetle. |
1948
May 19
Age: 85y
| 1948 • Whittaker Chambers produces secret government papers handwritten and typewritten by Alger Hiss during pretrial examination. |