Sadie Thompson Franklin
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Parents
Henry Clay Franklin
Henry Clay Franklin
1848 - 1915
Grace Lavinia Clarke
Grace Lavinia Clarke
1859 - 1940
Spouse
Yale Laurence McGee
Yale Laurence McGee
1867 - 1930
Children
Bessie Franklin McGee
Bessie Franklin McGee
1903 - 1908
Lucian Shaw McGee
Lucian Shaw McGee
1909 - 1999
Siblings

1900


Age: 18y
1900 N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil.

1902


Sep 21
Age: 21y
1902 Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.

1903


Sep 4
Age: 22y
1903 • Founding of Argentinian football team, Newell's Old Boys in the city of Rosario.

1910


Apr 20
Age: 28y
1910 • Second NAACP meeting is held in New York.

1920


Age: 38y
Sadie Thompson Franklin - 1920 United States Federal Census

residence


Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA ⇓
Marital status is listed as "widowed", although it appears that some time before 1920 her husband, Yale, must have been committed to an insane asylum.
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1920 • Switzerland rejoins the League of Nations.

1930


Age: 48y

1950


Apr 14
Age: 68y

1951


Age: 69y
1951 • The Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition, a gathering of a number of notable artists, marks the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.

1962


Nov 12
Age: 81y
1962 Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th-century painting the Mona Lisa is assessed for insurance purposes at US$100 million before touring the United States for several months, the highest insurance value for a painting in history. However, The Louvre, its owner, chooses to spend the money that would have been spent on the insurance premium on security instead.

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