Matthew Fisher Sr.
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Parents
Peter S Fisher Sr.
Peter S Fisher Sr.
1817 - 1894
Katherine Wiesen
Katherine Wiesen
1831 - 1923
Spouse
Lydia Minerva Siegler
Lydia Minerva Siegler
1873 - 1944
Siblings

1870


Age: 1y
1870 • In the United States, the newly created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes".

1890


Aug 15
Age: 22y
1890 • The folding carton box is invented by Robert Gair, a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879.

1936


Aug 13
Age: 68y
1936 Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits is signed in Montreux, allowing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.

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