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1889
Nov 6
| 1889 • Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. |
1889
Nov 6
| 1889 • English football team Wimbledon F.C. is formed. |
1909
Apr 11
Age: 19y
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marriageHarrison Harry Pettit Marion County, Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1909 • The White Star Liner RMS Republic sinks the day after a collision with SS Florida. In the first recorded use of the CQD emergency radio signal for a large passenger vessel, there is no loss of life on either vessel. |
1910
Apr 19
Age: 20y
| 1910 • Emperor Sunjong of the Korean Empire abdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished. |
1911
Apr 30
Age: 21y
birth of childWilbur Harrison Pettit Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1911 • Mexican Revolution: A peace treaty is signed between Madero' rebels and government troops in Ciudad Juarez. |
1917
Sep 14
Age: 27y
marriageElmer Guy Boag Sr. Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. |
1918
Aug 11
Age: 28y
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birth of childMary Ann Boag Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1918 • British anti-Bolshevik forces occupy Arkhangelsk. |
1920
Jan 12
Age: 30y
| 1920 • 4,025 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial in the United States following raids in several cities. |
1928
Apr 29
Age: 38y
birth of childWinona Mae Boag Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
1930
Aug 21
Age: 40y
birth of childElmer Guy Boag Jr. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • BBC Radio from London reports on this day that "There is no news". |
1940
Age: 50y
| 1940 • Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard. |
1950
Sep 26
Age: 60y
| 1950 • Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport had recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958. |
1963
Jul 15
Age: 73y
| 1963 • The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that British diplomat and double agent Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow. |