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1888
Feb 19
| 1888 • The 91-centimeter telescope is first used at Lick Observatory in California. |
1900
Age: 11y
| 1900 • The U.S. Senate accepts the British-German treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the American Samoa portion of the Samoan Islands. |
1917
Jun 5
Age: 29y
| 1917 • German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in WWI. |
1930
Age: 41y
| 1930 • Bureau of Narcotics established under the United States Department of the Treasury, replacing the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit. |
1948
Aug 14
Age: 60y
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deathDorena, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Buried in an unmarked grave in Fir Grove Cemetery 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1948 • HUAC holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss |