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1854
Jan 6
| 1854 • In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held. |
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). |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 19y
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marriageAlva Washington Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • German Modernist Composer Max Reger was born in Brand, Bavaria, Germany. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 20y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Universal Postal Union is established. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 25y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War. |
1880
Age: 25y
| 1880 • Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier. |
1900
Age: 45y
| 1900 • The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris (as part of the Paris World Exhibition). |
1910
Age: 55y
| 1910 • The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty is signed. It becomes null and void in 1965. |
1920
Age: 65y
| 1920 • The short-lived Far Eastern Republic is declared in eastern Siberia. |
1930
Age: 75y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with her brother Joseph 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a Celestial Body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006. |
1950
Apr 4
Age: 96y
| 1950 • Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes. |
1937
Mar 29
Age: 83y
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deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Her brother, Charles Albert Bourn, passed away 11 days prior 3 Sources ⇓ |
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Mar 29
1937
Mar 29
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burialHitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Richland Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1937 • Frank Whittle ground-tests the world's first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. |