George Washington Plaster
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Parents
Michael Plaster
Michael Plaster
1813 - 1892
Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
Spouse
Clara May Lowry
Clara May Lowry
1864 - 1909
Children
Siblings

1860


Age: 3m
1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Massachusetts, strike successfully for higher wages. The strike spreads throughout New England and eventually involves 20,000 workers.

1878


Mar 8
Age: 17y

1880


Age: 19y
1880 Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine

1880


Age: 19y
1880 • The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London aboard the SS Strathleven.

1895


Apr 4
Age: 35y
1895 • The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club (Latrobe wins 12–0).

1900


Age: 39y
1900 • The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

1910


Apr 19
Age: 50y

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