Sagarlan Alonzo Knighton
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1896 - 1985

1873


Mar 8
1873 Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.

1910


Apr 18
Age: 37y
1910 • The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year.

1918


Sep 12
Age: 45y
1918 Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia.

1920


Jan 21
Age: 46y
1920 • In the United States, KDKA AM of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (owned by Westinghouse) starts broadcasting as a commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the results of the presidential election.

1930


Apr 2
Age: 57y

1941


Jun 30
Age: 68y
1941 • WWII and Attack on Pearl Harbor: Joseph Grew, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, reports to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception concerning a planned surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1957


Jul
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles.

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