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

1873


Mar 8
1873 League of the Three Emperors is created. It links the conservative monarchs of Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia in an alliance against radical movements.

1900


Age: 26y
1900 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China.

1910


Apr 18
Age: 37y

1918


Sep 12
Age: 45y

1920


Jan 21
Age: 46y
1920 • A referendum in Switzerland is favorable to joining the League of Nations.

1930


Apr 2
Age: 57y
1930 • A huge hurricane on the Caribbean Sea demolishes most of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

1940


Age: 66y
1940 • WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt.

1957


Jul 8
Age: 84y
1957 • The CBS afternoon anthology series Seven Lively Arts presents Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker on U.S. television for the first time, although heavily abridged.

1957


Jul
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.

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