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1879
Jul 31
| 1879 • Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey. |
1907
Age: 27y
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residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ William and Genevieve are living at 427 West Shannon Avenue in Spokane. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1907 • Hague Convention revised by (second) Hague Peace Conference (effective 26 January 1910). |
1907
Oct 15
Age: 28y
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marriageGenevieve Stanford Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1907 • Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the Anglo-Russian Entente in Saint Petersburg, bringing a pause in The Great Game in Central Asia and establishing the Triple Entente. |
1909
Feb 14
Age: 29y
birth of childLeland Stanford Johnson Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1909 • The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, modern-day BP, is incorporated. |
1910
Age: 30y
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residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Real Estate Agent in Spokane 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1920
Age: 40y
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residenceTyler, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a "General Farmer" on a farm 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The United States Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent via parcel post.[http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jun13.htm June 13] On-This-Day.com |
1930
Age: 50y
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residenceMorningside, King County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Construction Engineer. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • BBC Radio from London reports on this day that "There is no news". |
1940
Age: 60y
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residenceKing County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a "Ship Guard" at the ship yard. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: The Dutch army formally signs a surrender document. |
1942
Age: 62y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ William is living at 9703 35th Ave in Seattle. His son Lee Stanley Johnson is living a couple houses away at 9709 35th Ave. |
| 1942 • Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs Executive Order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which becomes responsible for the internment of Americans of Japanese and, to a lesser extent, German and Italian descent, many of them legal citizens. |
1942
Age: 62y
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militarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ William is working for the Port of Seattle 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded. |
1942
Aug 30
Age: 63y
birth of childThomas Stanley Johnson Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • WWII: Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbuscenskij: An Italian cavalry regiment attacks Soviet forces with drawn sabres at Isbuscenskij in Russia, one of the last major cavalry charges. |
1952
Dec 6
Age: 73y
| 1952 • Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is elected Prime Minister of the Gold Coast. |