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1863
Mar 3
| 1863 • Alanson Crane patents a fire extinguisher. |
1870
Age: 6y
| 1870 • Thomas Mundy Peterson is the first African-American to vote in an election. |
1880
Age: 16y
| 1880 • The Capuchin catacombs of Palermo are officially closed (there will be some burials afterwards). |
1897
Jun 2
Age: 34y
marriageJessie Amelia Krug Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • After months of searching, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom. |
1898
Mar 20
Age: 35y
birth of childGeorge C Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1898 • The Trans-Mississippi Exposition World's Fair opens in Omaha, Nebraska. |
1900
Age: 36y
| 1900 • The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the Imperial German Navy |
1900
Feb 3
Age: 36y
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birth of childHelen Louise Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |
1906
Age: 42y
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birth of childElizabeth L Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin introduces agrarian reforms aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants. |
1910
Age: 46y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1920
Age: 56y
| 1920 • El Tercio de Extranjeros, the "Regiment of Foreigners", later the Spanish Legion, is established by decree of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. |
1930
Age: 66y
| 1930 • Betty Boop premieres in the animated film Dizzy Dishes. |
1940
Age: 76y
| 1940 • The Chicago Bears, in what will become the most one-sided victory in National Football League history, defeat the Washington Redskins 73–0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. |
1947
Jun 2
Age: 84y
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anniversaryOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ They were living on 141 River Street at the time, and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by having an open house from 3-5 and 7-9 pm for their friends, and a family dinner the next day. |
| 1947 • McCarthyism: The United States House of Representatives votes 346 – 17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten" after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of communist influences in the movie business. The ten men are blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios on the following day.Waldorf Statement. |
1948
May 19
Age: 85y
| 1948 • Eugene Dennis, William Z. Foster, and ten other CPUSA leaders are arrested and charged under the Alien Registration Act |