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1897
Nov 30
| 1897 • April 15 Drillers near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, strike oil for the first time in the designated "Indian Territory", on land leased from the Osage Indians. The gusher, at the Nellie Johnstone Number One well, leads to rapid population growth.W. David Baird and Danney Goble, The Story of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) p8 |
1900
Jun 8
Age: 2y
| 1900 • The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army. |
1917
Age: 19y
| 1917 • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson begins his second term. |
1928
Nov 26
Age: 30y
marriageDona Jane Record Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1928 • Jinan Incident: An armed conflict between the Japanese Imperial Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintang's southern army, occurs in Jinan, China. |
1929
Oct
Age: 31y
birth of childEleanor L McGinnis |
| 1929 • The first public demonstration of color TV is held, by H. E. Ives and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. The first images are a bouquet of roses and an American flag. A mechanical system is used to transmit 50-line color television images between New York and Washington. |
1935
Age: 37y
birth of childPatricia McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1935 • In the United Kingdom general election, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin returns to office at the head of a National Government led by the Conservative Party with a large but reduced majority. |
1940
Age: 42y
| 1940 • First free flight of Igor Sikorsky's Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter. |
1976
Jun 28
Age: 78y
| 1976 • Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried in New Jersey. |