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1878
Mar 11
| 1878 • Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld leaves Karlskrona on a voyage that will make him the first to navigate the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Siberian coast. |
1897
Sep 7
Age: 19y
| 1897 • The International Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority is founded. |
1900
Age: 21y
| 1900 • Two U.S. Navy cruisers are sent to Central America to protect American interests in a dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. |
1901
Feb 20
Age: 22y
| 1901 • In the first great Texas gusher, oil is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. |
1920
Jan 13
Age: 41y
| 1920 • Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón flees from Mexico City during a trial intended to ruin his reputation; he flees to Guerrero where he joins Fortunato Maycotte. |
1924
Aug 26
Age: 46y
| 1924 • The 1,400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of President Kemal Atatürk. |