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1895
Nov 23
| 1895 • The Duck Reach Power Station opens in Tasmania. |
1917
Jun 5
Age: 21y
| 1917 • The new constitution of Mexico is adopted. |
1920
Nov 30
Age: 25y
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marriageWinnie Alice Shelton Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia. |
1922
Age: 26y
birth of childWesley Thornton |
| 1922 • The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy network created to link the British Empire, is opened, from England to Egypt. |
1924
Apr 26
Age: 28y
birth of childRobert Marshal Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1924 • Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership. |
1926
Age: 30y
birth of childLouise Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1926 • Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program Sam 'n' Henry, in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city. It is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy. |
1927
Age: 31y
birth of childVelma Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1927 • A treaty signed by the League of Nations Slavery Commission abolishes all types of slavery. |
1930
Age: 34y
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residenceMission, San Bernardino, California, USA ⇓ Working as a Ranch Laborer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas. |
1930
Apr 10
Age: 34y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada. |
1987
Feb 19
Age: 91y
| 1987 • Globalization - The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square. |