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.

1860


Age: 5y
1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008).

1920


Age: 65y
1920 • The 1920 Summer Olympics opens in Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympic symbols of five interlocking rings and the associated flag are first displayed at the games.

1930


Age: 75y
1930 • In London, inventor Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures on the clouds.

1937


Mar 29
Age: 83y
1937 • In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945.
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1937


Mar 29

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