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Chandler was a farmer who lived on his farm about 2 miles west of Memphis, Missouri.
1879
Nov 11
| 1879 • American Christian Restorationist Charles Taze Russell publishes the first issue of the monthly Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence which, as The Watchtower, will become the most widely circulated magazine in the world. |
1880
Age: 19d
| 1880 • Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier. |
1900
Age: 20y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1904
May 10
Age: 24y
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marriageLula Bell Miller Married at the home of William Henry Miller, pronounced by the Rev. W. S. Foreman. Honeymoon was in St. Louis for the 1904 World's Fair. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1904 • In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square. |
1905
Mar 9
Age: 25y
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birth of childWilliam Stanley Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers. |
1910
Age: 30y
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1913
Mar 7
Age: 33y
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birth of childChan Miller Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1913 • In Germany, BASF starts the world's first plant for the production of fertilizer based on the Haber-Bosch process, feeding today about a third of the world's population. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 38y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I Draft Registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1918 • President Woodrow Wilson departs by ship to the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first United States President to travel to any foreign country while holding office. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 40y
| 1920 • The forces of Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. The Great Siberian Ice March ensues. |
1930
Age: 50y
| 1930 • Mahatma Gandhi is arrested again. |
1940
Apr 17
Age: 60y
| 1940 • Zeeland is overrun by German forces, ending the Battle of the Netherlands and beginning full German occupation of the Netherlands (Noord-Beveland surrenders on May 18 and remaining Dutch troops are withdrawn from Zeelandic Flanders on May 19). |
1954
Sep 29
Age: 74y
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deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ After Chandler died of a heart attack, Lula Bell sold the farm and moved in with her sister Alta. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1954 • U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) at the Arlington National Cemetery. |
1954
Oct 1
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memorialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Payne Chapel |
| 1954 • Pre-Vietnam War: The Viet Minh takes control of North Vietnam. |
1954
Oct 1
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at the Memphis Cemetery |
| 1954 • U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles declares that Indochina is important but not essential to the security of Southeast Asia, thus ending any prospect of American intervention on the side of France. |