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1887
Aug 27
| 1887 • The British Empire celebrates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, marking the 50th year of her reign.[http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page929.asp Royal.gov.uk] |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 12y
| 1900 • The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. |
1910
Age: 22y
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residenceJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with Chandler Allen and Lula Bell Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • William D. Boyce founds the Boy Scouts of America. |
1912
Feb 1
Age: 24y
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marriageMabel Martha McWilliam Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • Roald Amundsen in Hobart, Tasmania, announces his success in reaching the South Pole the previous December. |
1914
Age: 26y
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birth of childMauretta Mildred Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • Battle of Haelen: Belgian troops repulse the Germans. |
1917
Age: 29y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I draft registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: Brazil declares war against the Central Powers. |
1918
Age: 30y
birth of childLeanna W Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1918 • Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech. |
1920
Age: 32y
| 1920 • 17 – Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz's 'Kapp Putsch', an attempted coup in Germany, briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin but fails due to public resistance and a general strike. |
1930
Age: 42y
| 1930 • Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia. |
1940
Apr 12
Age: 52y
| 1940 • In Sweden, Victor Hasselblad forms the Victor Hasselblad AB Camera Company. |
1942
Age: 54y
| 1942 • A general strike is launched in Luxembourg to protest against forced conscription. |
1981
Jan 4
Age: 93y
| 1981 • The Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia with NASA astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launches on the STS-1 mission, returning to Earth on April 14. It is the first time a manned reusable spacecraft has returned from orbit. |