John Thomas Thornton
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Parents
Ida May Shepherd
Ida May Shepherd
1865 - 1902
Spouse
Winnie Alice Shelton
Winnie Alice Shelton
1900 - 1993
Children
Siblings

1917


Jun 5
Age: 21y
1917 October 13 (at monthly intervals) – 10-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto report experiencing a series of Marian apparitions near Fátima, Portugal, which becomes known as Our Lady of Fátima.

1920


Nov 30
Age: 25y
1920 • The Australian Country Party is officially formed, led by Nelson Pollard.

1922


Age: 26y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 • A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States.

1926


Age: 30y
1926 DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.

1927


Age: 31y
1927 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin with undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

1930


Apr 10
Age: 34y
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.

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