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1874
Feb 5
| 1874 • The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper. |
1910
Age: 35y
1920
Age: 45y
1930
Age: 55y
| 1930 • A "Jake paralysis" outbreak occurs in the United States resulting from adulterated Jamaica ginger sold as an alcohol substitute during Prohibition. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 66y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ George lived at 140 West Jefferson Street in Memphis. Alta's mother, Harriet Madison Jenkins is living with them at 85 years old shortly before her death. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, proclaims the intention of Great Britain to fight alone against Germany whatever the outcome: "We shall seek no terms. We shall tolerate no parley. We may show mercy. We shall ask none." |
1966
Age: 91y
| 1966 • Civil rights activist James Meredith is shot while trying to march across Mississippi. |