Sagarlan Alonzo Knighton
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Neoma Olieta Plaster
Neoma Olieta Plaster
1896 - 1985

1873


Mar 8
1873 • Women of Fredonia, New York, march against the retail liquor dealers in town to inaugurate the Woman's Crusade of 1873–74. This leads to the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (December 23) in Hillsboro, Ohio.

1900


Age: 26y
1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later.

1910


Apr 18
Age: 37y
1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.

1918


Sep 12
Age: 45y
1918 • Landgrave Friedrich Karl of Hessen-Kassel is elected King of Finland.

1920


Jan 21
Age: 46y
1920 • The world's first peaceful establishment of a social democratic government takes place in Sweden. Hjalmar Branting takes over when Nils Edén resigns.

1941


Jun 30
Age: 68y
1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 p.m. PST (19.26 GMT).

1957


Jul 8
Age: 84y
1957 • A fire at the Windscale power station in the UK releases radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including iodine-131.

1957


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