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1887
Aug 27
| 1887 • The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 12y
| 1900 • Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a theory about the cause of the Earth's magnetism. |
1910
Age: 22y
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residenceJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with Chandler Allen and Lula Bell Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1912
Feb 1
Age: 24y
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marriageMabel Martha McWilliam Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (forerunner of the Royal Air Force) is established. |
1914
Age: 26y
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birth of childMauretta Mildred Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • The first everyday items made of stainless steel come into public circulation. |
1917
Age: 29y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I draft registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • The True Jesus Church is established in Beijing. |
1918
Age: 30y
birth of childLeanna W Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1918 • The Council of Lithuania adopts the Act of Independence of Lithuania, declaring Lithuania's independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. |
1920
Age: 32y
| 1920 • The island province of Marinduque in the Philippines archipelago is founded. |
1930
Age: 42y
| 1930 • Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime. |
1940
Apr 12
Age: 52y
| 1940 • Ed Ricketts, John Steinbeck and six others leave Monterey, California for The Sea of Cortez on a collecting expedition. |
1942
Age: 54y
| 1942 • The worst coal dust explosion to date, in Honkeiko, China, claims 1,549 lives. |
1981
Jan 4
Age: 93y
| 1981 • Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband. |