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1886
Apr 16
| 1886 • In the British Raj, what will become one of the biggest boys' schools in Pakistan, Aitchison College, Lahore, is founded under the auspices of Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison. |
1900
Jun 12
Age: 14y
| 1900 • Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a theory about the cause of the Earth's magnetism. |
1910
May 5
Age: 24y
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1914
Jun 30
Age: 28y
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marriageRose Marie Sommer Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons), is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin. |
1915
Jun 16
Age: 29y
birth of childRuth Margaret Gartner Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1915 • The United States occupation of Haiti (1915-1934) begins. |
1917
Age: 30y
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militaryChicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ World War I Draft Registration - occupation listed as Saloon Keeper 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: Battle of Jerusalem (1917) begins with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force launching attacks against Ottoman forces in the Judean Hills. |
1920
Jan 14
Age: 33y
| 1920 • In the United States, KDKA AM of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (owned by Westinghouse) starts broadcasting as a commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the results of the presidential election. |
1930
Apr 21
Age: 44y
| 1930 • Greater Sudbury is incorporated as a city in northern Ontario. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 53y
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residenceGreenbank, Island, Washington, USA ⇓ Occupation listed as working in a General Store 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • The Balham subway station disaster in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain. |
1965
Jul 28
Age: 79y
| 1965 • Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun. |