Lucy Francis Bourn
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1873


Dec 25
Age: 19y

1910


Age: 55y
1910 • The British Ship "Terra Nova" leaves London on its way toward an Antarctic expedition.

1930


Age: 75y

1950


Apr 4
Age: 96y
1950 • The pilot series of the world's longest-running radio soap opera The Archers, is first broadcast on BBC Light Programme

1937


Mar 29
Age: 83y
1937 Soviet industry produces about four times as much as it had in 1928.
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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 • At the age of 70, legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra on radio for the first time, beginning his successful 17-year tenure with that orchestra. This first concert consists of music by Vivaldi (at a time when he was still seldom played), Mozart, and Brahms. Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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