Spouse
Owned the town saddle shop in Memphis, Missouri
1875
Jul 23
| 1875 • Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain. |
1910
Age: 34y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Working as a harness maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States of America. The flight, made by Wright Brothers pilot Philip Parmalee between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 43y
| 1918 • Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by the Russian SFSR to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War. |
1920
Age: 44y
| 1920 • Sayyid Muhammad, Khan of Khiva abdicates. |
1930
Age: 54y
| 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). |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 64y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ George lived at 140 West Jefferson Street in Memphis 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • General Henri Guisan addresses the officer corps of the Swiss army at Rütli resolving to resist any invasion of the country. |
1950
Apr 10
Age: 74y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Census shows George makes harnesses and is working in a harness shop. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1950 • Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career, the longest of any in the 20th Century. |
1964
Jul 10
Age: 88y
| 1964 • The United States Congress recognized Bourbon whiskey as a "distinctive product of the United States". |