Minnie Maude Adams
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Gillum M Shelton
Gillum M Shelton
1865 - 1951
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1892


Age: 19y
1892 • The Cadet Band (current day Highty-Tighties) of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (current day Virginia Tech) is established in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.

1892


Oct
Age: 20y
1892 July 18British general election: The Unionist government loses its majority.

1895


Mar
Age: 22y
1895 Kingstown Lifeboat Disaster: 15 crew are lost when their life-boat capsizes while trying to rescue the crew of the SS Palme off Kingstown (modern Dún Laoghaire) near Dublin, Ireland.

1897


Sep
Age: 25y
1897 • The USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1) is recommissioned, since 1890, for several months of duty in the Hawaiian Islands.

1900


Jan 5
Age: 27y
1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

1907


Aug 3
Age: 35y
1907 • The triode thermionic amplifier invented by Lee de Forest, starting the development of electronics as a practical technology.

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