Blaine Harold Farmer
Spouse
Jessie Dell King
Jessie Dell King
1891 - 1973

1897


Oct 22
1897 April 19 The first Boston Marathon is held, with fifteen men competing, and won by John McDermott."Boston Marathon", in Historical Dictionary of Track and Field, by Peter Matthews (Scarecrow Press, 2012) p40

1944


Feb 19
Age: 46y
1944 • WWII: Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over the Netherlands.

1976


Apr 23
Age: 78y
1976 • Nearly 2,000 students become involved in a racially charged riot at Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida; 30 students are injured in the 4-hour fray.

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