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Children
1863
Apr 3
| 1863 • President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States. |
1871
Age: 7y
1878
Oct 30
Age: 15y
| 1878 • Grimsby Town FC, formed as Grimsby Pelham. |
1878
Oct 30
Age: 15y
marriageArthur McGinnis Sr. Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada ⇓ |
| 1878 • Pope Leo XIII succeeds Pope Pius IX as the 256th pope. |
1882
Age: 18y
| 1882 • The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago. Nine days later the Seney Syndicate sells the road to William Henry Vanderbilt for US$7.2 million. |
1885
Mar
Age: 21y
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birth of childMary Margaret McGinnis Illinois ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • February concludes without having a full moon. |
1887
Dec 14
Age: 24y
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birth of childJohn Patrick McGinnis Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • The cornerstone of the new Stanford University, in northern California, is laid (the college opens in 1891). |
1892
Aug
Age: 29y
birth of childMargaret Leona McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • The Great Fire of 1892 devastates the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. |
1895
Feb
Age: 31y
birth of childSarah Maria McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1895 • Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. |
1897
Nov 30
Age: 34y
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birth of childAngus Arthur McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1897 • June 22 The Diamond Jubilee is celebrated in the United Kingdom to honour Queen Victoria's 60 years on the throne.Anne E. Keeling, Great Britain and Her Queen (Echo Library, 2008) p77 No other British monarch will celebrate such a jubilee until June 2, 2012, when the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II is observed. |
1900
Jun 8
Age: 37y
| 1900 • The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris (as part of the Paris World Exhibition). |
1917
Nov 21
Age: 54y
| 1917 • The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable. |
1917
Nov
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burialSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Died of Cancer of the Uterus. Buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
| 1917 • WWI: Battle of Hareira and Sheria launched by the British XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps against the central Ottoman defences protecting the Gaza to Beersheba road. |