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1863
Mar 3
1870
Age: 6y
| 1870 • In the United States, the newly created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes". |
1880
Age: 16y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1897
Jun 2
Age: 34y
marriageJessie Amelia Krug Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • The Oldsmobile is founded in Lansing, MI by Ransom E. Olds. |
1898
Mar 20
Age: 35y
birth of childGeorge C Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1898 • Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. |
1900
Age: 36y
| 1900 • The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. |
1900
Feb 3
Age: 36y
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birth of childHelen Louise Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: The Boxers attack Belgians in the Fengtai railway station. |
1906
Age: 42y
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birth of childElizabeth L Clinger Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England. |
1910
Age: 46y
| 1910 • The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty is signed. It becomes null and void in 1965. |
1920
Age: 56y
1930
Age: 66y
| 1930 • Great Depression: President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress to ask for a $150 million public works program to help create jobs and to stimulate the American economy. |
1940
Age: 76y
| 1940 • August 15 Italy, without declaring war in Greece, sinks the Greek boat Έλλη (Eli). |
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 • Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. |
1948
May 19
Age: 85y
| 1948 • The Casimir effect is discovered by Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir. |