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1891
Jul 10
| 1891 • New Scotland Yard becomes the HQ of the London Metropolitan Police. |
1900
Jun 1
Age: 8y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: The Boxers attack Belgians in the Fengtai railway station. |
1920
Dec 11
Age: 29y
marriageMaidza Waken Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia. |
1921
Sep 19
Age: 30y
birth of childFrederick Van Deusen Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1921 • First Northern Ireland general election for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland is held. |
1925
Aug 29
Age: 34y
birth of childRobert Hicks Van Deusen Jr. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1925 • Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of pictures and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system. A 10-minute film of a miniature windmill in motion is sent across 5 miles from Anacostia to Washington, D.C. The images are viewed by representatives of the National Bureau of Standards, the U.S. Navy, the Commerce Department, and others. Jenkins calls this "the first public demonstration of radiovision". |
1971
May
Age: 79y
| 1971 • East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is repeatedly declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong. |