Genevieve Stanford
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1884


Aug

1907


Age: 22y
Genevieve Stanford - US City Directory 1907

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Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓
Genevieve is working as a "Sales Lady" in Spokane in 1907
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1907 • The triode thermionic amplifier invented by Lee de Forest, starting the development of electronics as a practical technology.

1907


Oct 15
Age: 23y
1907 • The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London.

1909


Feb 14
Age: 24y
1909 • The remains of the Báb are placed in the Bahá'í Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, at this time within the Ottoman Empire.

1920


Age: 35y
1920 26San Remo conference: Representatives of Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Japan meet to determine the League of Nations mandates for administration of territories following partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.

1930


Age: 45y
1930 Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

1942


Aug 30
Age: 58y
1942 Manhattan Project: Below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (a coded message, "The Italian navigator has landed in the new world" is then sent to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt).

1980


Jan 16
Age: 95y

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