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1885
Oct 17
| 1885 • Canadian Pacific Railway: In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on a railway extending across Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald considers the project to be vital to Canada due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility. |
1900
Age: 14y
| 1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. |
1910
Age: 24y
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residenceCalcasieu, Louisiana, USA ⇓ Working for the railroad with his Father, Henry Clay Franklin. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1911
Age: 25y
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birth of childFrancis Franklin Louisiana, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1911 • Mexican Revolution: Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, occupies the port of Veracruz as a sign of rebellion against Madero. |
1913
Age: 27y
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birth of childThelma Franklin Louisiana, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1913 • Mexican Revolution: President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez are forced to resign. Pedro Lascuráin serves as President for less than an hour before General Victoriano Huerta, leader of the coup, takes office |
1920
Age: 34y
| 1920 • The National Football League is established as the American Professional Football Association. |
1930
Age: 44y
| 1930 • Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River in the United States. |
1940
Age: 54y
| 1940 • WWII: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to the then Major-General Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. |
1967
Jul 18
Age: 81y
| 1967 • The Greek military regime strips 480 Greeks of their citizenship. |