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 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War.

1870


Age: 9y
1870 • Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

1878


Mar 8
Age: 17y
1878 Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains the nominal title.

1880


Age: 19y
1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.

1889


Nov 6
Age: 29y
1889 • The current Flag of Brazil is adopted by the Provisional Government of the Republic.

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 Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics.

1910


Apr 19
Age: 50y
1910 • The British Ship "Terra Nova" leaves London on its way toward an Antarctic expedition.

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