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1879
Dec
| 1879 • At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time. |
1891
Age: 11y
| 1891 • Brahmin teacher and nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak begins agitation for Indian home Rule. |
1901
Age: 21y
residenceEdinbourgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian, Scotland ⇓ She was a lodging house keeper with her sister. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt invites African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacts angrily to the visit, and racial violence increases in the region. |
1904
Age: 24y
| 1904 • The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens. |
1904
Oct 10
Age: 24y
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marriageHerbert H Hall Manhattan, New York, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1904 • The St. Petersburg Soviet urges a run on the banks: the attempt fails and the executive committee is arrested. |
1905
Aug 12
Age: 25y
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birth of childCecelia Mary Hall New Jersey, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Russo-Japanese War – Treaty of Portsmouth: In New Hampshire, a treaty mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is signed by victor Japan and Russia. Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan. |
1909
Dec 13
Age: 30y
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birth of childHerbert Johnson Hall Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1909 • Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
1912
Sep 12
Age: 32y
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birth of childElsie Jean Hall Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1920
Age: 40y
| 1920 • French and Belgian troops leave the cities they have occupied in Germany. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 50y
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residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Herbert Hall is working as a Gas Station Attendant 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Mahatma Gandhi is arrested again. |
1940
Apr 19
Age: 60y
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residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ The Census indicates Herbert is no longer physically able to work 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • US historian Arthur Marder publishes The Anatomy of British Sea Power: a history of British naval policy in the pre-Dreadnought era, 1880-1905. |
1961
Nov 14
Age: 81y
| 1961 • In Congo, Katangan prime minister Moise Tshombe recognizes the Congolese constitution. |