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1879
Nov 11
| 1879 • Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric light bulb (it lasts 13½ hours before burning out). |
1880
Age: 19d
| 1880 • The University of Southern California opens its doors to 53 students and 10 faculty. |
1900
Age: 20y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1904
May 10
Age: 24y
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marriageLula Bell Miller Married at the home of William Henry Miller, pronounced by the Rev. W. S. Foreman. Honeymoon was in St. Louis for the 1904 World's Fair. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1904 • Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria, followed by 100,000 Japanese troops. |
1905
Mar 9
Age: 25y
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birth of childWilliam Stanley Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers. |
1910
Age: 30y
| 1910 • George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1913
Mar 7
Age: 33y
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birth of childChan Miller Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1913 • In the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, Ismail Enver comes to power. |
1917
Age: 37y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I Draft Registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: Anzac Mounted Division's occupies Jaffa following their victory at the Battle of Ayun Kara. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 40y
| 1920 • Hydrocodone, a narcotic analgesic closely related to codeine is first synthesized in Germany by Carl Mannich and Helene Löwenheim. |
1930
Age: 50y
| 1930 • The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam. |
1940
Apr 17
Age: 60y
| 1940 • Olympic Games, assigned to Tokyo, Japan, and later to Helsinki, Finland, are suspended due to WWII. |
1954
Sep 29
Age: 74y
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deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ After Chandler died of a heart attack, Lula Bell sold the farm and moved in with her sister Alta. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1954 • The Common Nordic Labor Market Act comes into effect. |
1954
Oct 1
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memorialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Payne Chapel |
| 1954 • The maiden flight of the Boeing 367-80 (or Dash 80), prototype of the Boeing 707 series. |
1954
Oct 1
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at the Memphis Cemetery |
| 1954 • First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference sends French forces to the south, and Vietnamese forces to the north, of a ceasefire line, and calls for elections to decide the government for all of Vietnam by July 1956. Failure to abide by the terms of the agreement leads to the establishment de facto of regimes of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and the Vietnam War. |