♀ Sarah Maria McGinnis

1895 - 1969

 

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Sarah Maria McGinnis
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Parents
Arthur McGinnis Sr.
Arthur McGinnis Sr.
1853 - 1932
Mary Margaret Buckley
Mary Margaret Buckley
1863 - 1917
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1895


Feb
1895 • At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death.

1900


Jun 8
Age: 5y
1900 Boxer Rebellion: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China where they join with Japanese forces.

1919


Jan 8
Age: 23y
1919 • XWA (now CINW), in Montreal, Quebec, becomes the first public radio station in North America to go on the air.

1925


Apr 13
Age: 30y
1925 • The weekly country music-variety radio program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "WSM Barn Dance".

1969


Apr 17
Age: 74y
1969 • Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper, The News of the World.

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