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

1878


Mar 8
Age: 17y
1878 • Russia rejects a British proposal to lay the San Stefano treaty before a European congress.

1880


Age: 19y
1880 First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British.

1880


Age: 19y

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

1896


Feb 12
Age: 35y
1896 Pleasure Beach Blackpool, a popular English theme park (Britain's Biggest Tourist Attraction), is founded by Alderman William George Bean.

1900


Age: 39y
1900 • The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.

1911


May 16
Age: 51y
1911 • The first "quasi-official" airmail flight occurs when Fred Wiseman carries three letters between Petaluma and Santa Rosa, California.

1930


Nov 9
Age: 70y
1930 Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime.

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