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1887
Aug 27
| 1887 • Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punched card calculator. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 12y
| 1900 • The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. |
1910
Age: 22y
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residenceJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with Chandler Allen and Lula Bell Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). |
1912
Feb 1
Age: 24y
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marriageMabel Martha McWilliam Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • Sax Rohmer's character Fu Manchu first appears in the first story of The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu in English pulp magazine Story-Teller. |
1914
Age: 26y
birth of childMauretta Mildred Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • British colonies of Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria are merged to form one country. The new country is named "Nigeria" by Flora, Lady Lugard, wife of the governor, Sir Frederick Lugard. |
1917
Age: 29y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I draft registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: A conscription crisis in Canada leads to passage of the Military Service Act. |
1918
Age: 30y
birth of childLeanna W Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1918 • Release in the United States of the film The Glorious Adventure featuring Mammy Lou who becomes one of the oldest people ever to star in a film, at a claimed age of 114. |
1920
Age: 32y
| 1920 • The United States Congress refuses to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. |
1930
Age: 42y
1940
Apr 12
Age: 52y
| 1940 • Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to "prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings." |
1942
Age: 54y
| 1942 • WWII: The German Eleventh Army under Erich von Manstein takes Sevastopol, although fighting rages until July 9. |
1981
Jan
Age: 93y
