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1873
Mar 8
| 1873 • Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions). |
1900
Age: 26y
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residenceGresham, Oregon, USA ⇓ Staying on as a boarder 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
1910
Apr 18
Age: 37y
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residenceGresham, Oregon, USA ⇓ Working as a Barber in a barbershop 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 45y
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residenceColumbia County, Oregon, USA ⇓ Working as a barber in a barbershop 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1918 • The Spartacist League founds the German Communist Party. |
1920
Jan 21
Age: 46y
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residenceManning, Oregon, USA ⇓ Working as a Farmer on his own farm 1 Source ⇓ |
1930
Apr 2
Age: 57y
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residenceScapoose, Oregon, USA ⇓ Working as a barber in a barbershop 1 Source ⇓ |
1940
Age: 66y
| 1940 • Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to "prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings." |
1941
Jun 30
Age: 68y
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marriageNeoma Olieta Plaster Skamania, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1941 • WWII: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the British Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine, which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. |
1957
Jul 8
Age: 84y
| 1957 • The Bridge on the River Kwai is released in the U.S. It goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Additional Oscars go to Alec Guinness (Best Actor) and David Lean (Best Director), among others. This is Lean's first Oscar for directing. |
1957
Jul
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burialColumbia County, Oregon, USA ⇓ Buried at Bayview Memorial Cemetery 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1957 • United States Marine Major John Glenn flies an F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds, setting a new transcontinental speed record. |