1863
Mar 11
| 1863 • President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States. |
1893
Age: 29y
marriageAgnes Wehrle Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1893 • T.M.I.: The Episcopal School of Texas is founded. |
1894
Age: 30y
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birth of childBirdean Georgie Sherwood Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • April 23 - St. George's Day - Howard Ruff founded the Royal Society of St George to foster the love of England and to strengthen England and the Commonwealth by spreading the knowledge of English History, Traditions and Ideals. |
1930
Age: 66y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Agnes and her husband George Sherwood are living with an adopted daughter, Vivian, who is eighteen years old. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers. This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast. |
1955
Dec 20
Age: 92y
| 1955 • In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger and is arrested, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott. |