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1866
May 28
| 1866 • The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general"); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank. |
1870
Jun 25
Age: 4y
| 1870 • The "circle of the sun" flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships by proclamation of the Daijō-kan. |
1880
Jun 26
Age: 14y
| 1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1886
Age: 19y
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marriageLucinda C Summerville Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1886 • Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen . |
1896
Age: 29y
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birth of childJohn Guy Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1896 • Augusta, KY: The Augusta High School cornerstone is laid, marking the end of the Augusta Methodist College. |
1900
Jun 11
Age: 34y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1903
Jan 5
Age: 36y
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birth of childHarvey Bruce Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1903 • Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike. |
1910
May 9
Age: 43y
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residenceElk Creek, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Must have moved there sometime between 1900 and 1910. 1 Source ⇓ |
1920
May 9
Age: 53y
| 1920 • The Allies of World War I demand that the Netherlands extradite the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who fled there in 1918. |
1940
Apr 16
Age: 73y
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residenceEast Brady, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Edward is living with his son Harvey 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics are proclaimed in Moscow. |
1942
Apr 3
Age: 75y
1942
| 1942 • WWII: The SS surrounds the church where Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík, the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, are hiding. To avoid capture, the two men commit suicide. |