George Jacob Simon
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Alta Janetta Miller
Alta Janetta Miller
1874 - 1966

Owned the town saddle shop in Memphis, Missouri

1910


Age: 34y

1918


Sep 12
Age: 43y
1918 • The Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs for the 1918 World Series championship in North American baseball, their last World Series win until 2004.

1920


Age: 44y
1920 Babe Ruth is traded by the Red Sox for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time.

1930


Age: 54y
1930 • British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden long-range flight resulting in the loss of 48 lives.

1940


Apr 2
Age: 64y
1940 President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress, asks for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year.

1964


Jul 10
Age: 88y
1964 • Five million shares of stock in the Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat) are offered for sale at $20 a share, and the issue is quickly sold out.

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