1887
Dec 27
| 1887 • In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed. |
1909
Apr 11
Age: 21y
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marriageMary Winona Plaster Marion County, Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1909 • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown and succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. He is sent to the Ottoman port city of Thessaloniki (Selanik) the next day. |
1911
Apr 30
Age: 23y
birth of childWilbur Harrison Pettit Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1911 • through mid-January 1911. (started Dec. 31, 2010). 1911 First Industrial Airplane Show held in conjunction with the U.S. International Auto Show at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace in New York. “Grand Central Palace Automobile Show has Auspicious Opening,” New York Times, page, 34, January 1, 1911 Mr. Charles W. Chappelle (1872-1941), a member of the U.S. Aeronautical Reserve, was the only African-American to invent and display an airplane for which he won a medal. |
1961
Jun 28
Age: 73y
| 1961 • U.S. Freedom Riders begin interstate bus rides to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision. |