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

1870


Age: 9y

1878


Mar 8
Age: 17y
1878 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) opens as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the United States.

1882


Jun
Age: 22y
1882 Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.

1911


May 16
Age: 51y
1911 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers Superconductivity. He presented his findings on April 28, 1911.van Delft, D., and Kes, P. The discovery of superconductivity. Physics Today (September 2010), 38–43.

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