1876
| 1876 • Queen Victoria takes the title Empress of India. |
1905
Age: 28y
birth of childMarie M Johnson Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1905 • First performance of Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow, at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna. |
1908
Age: 31y
birth of childHelen Johnson Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1908 • After an intense power struggle, Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco is deposed, and is succeeded by his brother Abd al-Hafid. |
1920
Feb 14
Age: 44y
| 1920 • The first domestic radio sets come to stores in the United States; a Westinghouse radio costs $10. |
1930
Apr 24
Age: 54y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett takes office as the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada. |
1940
Apr 13
Age: 64y
| 1940 • WWII: The Soviet Union annexes the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in what becomes regarded as an early example of Soviet imperialism. |