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1869
Dec 25
| 1869 • John B. Shelden (of Millville, New Jersey) claims to have discovered the North Pole. |
1886
Age: 15y
| 1886 • Emile Berliner starts work that leads to the invention of the gramophone. |
1888
Aug 30
Age: 18y
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marriageWalter Kessen Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now. |
1900
Age: 29y
| 1900 • The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. |
1944
Jul 25
Age: 74y
| 1944 • British forces launch Operation Goodwood, an armoured offensive aimed at driving the Germans from the high ground to the south of Caen. The offensive ends 2 days later with only minimal gains. |