William S Thornton
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Parents
Sarah Haworth
Sarah Haworth
1828 - 1900
Henry Thornton
Henry Thornton
1831 - 1902
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1865


Aug 16
1865 • The Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay is formally signed; the Paraguayan War has already begun.

1890


Mar 22
Age: 24y
1890 • The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM.

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