Spouse
Owned the town saddle shop in Memphis, Missouri
1875
Jul 23
| 1875 • Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel. |
1910
Age: 34y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Working as a harness maker. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 43y
| 1918 • Poland regains independence after 123 years of partitions. Józef Piłsudski is appointed Commander-in-Chief. |
1920
Age: 44y
| 1920 • Treaty of Trianon: Peace is restored between the Allied Powers and Hungary. Hungary loses 72% of its territory. |
1930
Age: 54y
| 1930 • Heinrich Brüning is appointed Chancellor of Germany. |
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 • WWII: Winston Churchill pays tribute in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to the Royal Air Force: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." |
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 • Israeli Air Force Spitfires intercept a Royal Air Force Short Sunderland when it inadvertently crosses into Israeli airspace, and force it to land at Lod Airport. The Sunderland's crew had been issued maps that did not depict Israel, as Britain had not recognized the country when they were issued. |
1964
Jul 10
Age: 88y
| 1964 • John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, resigns from NASA. |