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1868
Dec 12
| 1868 • New Zealand officially adopts nationally observed standard time, and is perhaps the first country to do so. |
1880
Age: 10y
| 1880 • The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger becomes its first president. |
1894
Age: 24y
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marriageBoon Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions. |
1896
Apr 17
Age: 27y
birth of childMancil Layne Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1896 • The first known women's basketball game between two colleges is played between Stanford and California. |
1900
Age: 30y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The British annex the Orange Free State as the Orange River Colony. |
1901
Age: 31y
birth of childLee Villis Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. |
1910
Age: 40y
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1920
Age: 50y
| 1920 • Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón announces in Chilpancingo that he intends to fight against the rule of Venustiano Carranza. |
1930
Age: 60y
| 1930 • The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on contraception expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier. |
1966
Aug 3
Age: 97y
| 1966 • French police announce that Georges Figon has committed suicide, prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka. |