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1887
Aug 27
| 1887 • Emile Berliner is granted a patent for his Gramophone. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 12y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
1910
Age: 22y
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residenceJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with Chandler Allen and Lula Bell Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1912
Feb 1
Age: 24y
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marriageMabel Martha McWilliam Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • 'Abdu'l-Baha lays the cornerstone for the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois |
1914
Age: 26y
birth of childMauretta Mildred Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands – A superior British Royal Navy squadron under Doveton Sturdee defeats ships of the Imperial German Navy under Maximilian von Spee. |
1917
Age: 29y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I draft registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his throne for his son. This is considered to be the end of the Russian Empire after 196 years. |
1918
Age: 30y
birth of childLeanna W Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1918 • Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German advisors at Nogales, Arizona, in the only battle of WWI fought on United States soil. |
1920
Age: 32y
| 1920 • Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty: The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic recognizes independent Lithuania. |
1930
Age: 42y
| 1930 • Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England. |
1940
Apr 12
Age: 52y
| 1940 • Opening of Story Bridge |
1942
Age: 54y
| 1942 • WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property. |
1981
Jan 4
Age: 93y
| 1981 • Edict No. 81-234 abolishes slavery in Mauritania. |