♀ Lucy Francis Bourn

1854 - 1937

Lucy Francis Bourn
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1854


Jan 6
1854 • Battle of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands (which later became part of Finland - in 1920:) The Royal Navy seaman's mate Charles D. Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes, for which he was awarded the first Victoria Cross in 1857.

1900


Age: 45y
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.

1910


Age: 55y

1920


Age: 65y
1920 • The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. It is owned by the Detroit News, the first U.S. radio station owned by a newspaper.

1930


Age: 75y
1930 • British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden long-range flight resulting in the loss of 48 lives.

1950


Apr 4
Age: 96y

1937


Mar 29
Age: 83y
1937 William H. Hastie becomes the first African American appointed to a federal judgeship in the United States.
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1937


Mar 29

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Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓
Buried in the Richland Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri
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1937 February 27Spanish Civil WarBattle of Jarama: Nationalist and government troops fight to a stalemate.

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