♂ Carl Lewis Burt

1905 - 1975

Carl Lewis Burt
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Evelyn Alice Dimitt
Evelyn Alice Dimitt
1912 - 1981

1905


May 13
1905 • The Trans-Siberian Railway officially opens after its completion on July 21, 1904.

1933


Age: 27y
1933 • A failed assassination attempt against Engelbert Dollfuss, leader of the Fatherland's Front in Austria, seriously injures him.

1936


Age: 30y
1936 • Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City.

1937


Age: 31y
1937 • In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button in Washington, D.C., signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge.

1975


Feb 14
Age: 69y
1975 • Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese East Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a UDT coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.

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