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1879
May 1
| 1879 • The English Catholic convert John Henry Newman is elevated to Cardinal. |
1881
Age: 1y
| 1881 • The United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) is founded, and the first U.S. Tennis Championships are played. |
1891
Age: 11y
| 1891 • The Springboks rugby union team of South Africa play their first international test match against the Lions team of the British Isles and win by 4-0. |
1903
Age: 23y
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immigrationHe immigrated on-board the Astosia from Glasgow, Scotland to the US. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1903 • The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. |
1904
Oct 10
Age: 25y
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marriageCecilia Jessie Johnston Manhattan, New York, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1904 • British expedition to Tibet – Battle of Guru: British troops under Colonel Francis Younghusband defeat ill-equipped Tibetan troops. |
1905
Aug 12
Age: 26y
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birth of childCecelia Mary Hall New Jersey, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Cassie Chadwick is sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland, Ohio for fraud. |
1909
Dec 13
Age: 30y
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birth of childHerbert Johnson Hall Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1909 • The city of Tel Aviv (known in its first year as Ahuzat Bayit) is founded by the Jewish community on the outskirts of Jaffa. |
1910
Age: 30y
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residenceRichland, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked as a gardener. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1912
Sep 12
Age: 33y
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birth of childElsie Jean Hall Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 39y
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militaryClarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was drafted for World War I. Was working as a "Machinist Helper". 1 Source ⇓ |
1920
Feb 11
Age: 40y
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residenceRichland, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Working for the Railroad Industry 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • 17 – Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz's 'Kapp Putsch', an attempted coup in Germany, briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin but fails due to public resistance and a general strike. |
1924
Apr 2
Age: 44y
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naturalizationClarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Up until that point he had been a subject of George V of Great Britain and Ireland. His occupation is listed as fireman, as well as storekeeper. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1924 • October 15 – Zeppelin LZ-126 makes a transatlantic delivery flight from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 50y
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residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Herbert Hall is working as a Gas Station Attendant 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett takes office as the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 50y
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residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Working as a Gas Station Attendent 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. |
1940
Apr 19
Age: 60y
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residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ The Census indicates Herbert is no longer physically able to work 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • The Balham subway station disaster in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain. |
1942
Age: 62y
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militaryBridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was drafted for World War II, and would have been part of the "Old Man's Draft" for men aged 45-64. The description of the Old Man's Draft was that "It was not intended that these men be drafted into military service but to determine if their labor skills could be used in the war effort." 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1942 • WWII: Japanese forces begin an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. |
1950
Apr 10
Age: 70y
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residenceBridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Herbert is working as a night watchman for a steam railway 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1950 • Indonesia become Independent after the Autonomous Republic within the Netherlands to Marks 5th Anniversary of Proclamation of Independence from Japan. |
1957
Aug 10
Age: 78y
| 1957 • France prohibits U.N. involvement in Algeria. |