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1888
Dec 26
| 1888 • The dolphin Pelorus Jack is first sighted in Cook Strait, New Zealand. |
1900
Age: 10y
| 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1908
Mar 30
Age: 19y
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birth of childAnna Lavinia Taylor San Antonio, Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1908 • At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom. |
1910
May 8
Age: 21y
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birth of childJames Fuller Taylor Mexico City, Mexico ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. |
1912
Apr 29
Age: 23y
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birth of childCyril William Taylor San Antonio, Texas, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1912 • Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gives 3,000 cherry trees to be planted in Washington, D.C., to symbolize the friendship between the two countries. |
1919
Apr 20
Age: 30y
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birth of childPaul Stewart Taylor Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1919 • In Major League Baseball, the Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, five games to three, over the Chicago White Sox, whose players are later found to have lost intentionally. |
1930
Age: 40y
| 1930 • A "Jake paralysis" outbreak occurs in the United States resulting from adulterated Jamaica ginger sold as an alcohol substitute during Prohibition. |
1964
Jan 26
Age: 75y
| 1964 • Sidney Poitier is the first African-American to win an Academy Award in the category Best Actor in a Leading Role in Lilies of the Field. |