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1887
Aug 27
| 1887 • The New Gate is built in Jerusalem. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 12y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1910
Age: 22y
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residenceJefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with Chandler Allen and Lula Bell Johnson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. |
1912
Feb 1
Age: 24y
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marriageMabel Martha McWilliam Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • The Scoville Unit (used to measure the heat of peppers) is devised and tested by Wilbur Scoville. |
1914
Age: 26y
birth of childMauretta Mildred Miller Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1914 • Mexico ends diplomatic relations with the United States for the time being. |
1917
Age: 29y
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militaryScotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ World War I draft registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives. |
1918
Age: 30y
birth of childLeanna W Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1918 • Iceland regains independence, but remains in personal union with the King of Denmark, who also becomes the King of Iceland until 1944. |
1920
Age: 32y
| 1920 • The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey. |
1930
Age: 42y
| 1930 • Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England. |
1940
Apr 12
Age: 52y
| 1940 • United States presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' first and only third-term president. |
1942
Age: 54y
| 1942 • The first African-American seamen are taken into the United States Navy. |
1981
Jan
Age: 93y
| 1981 • Polish Prime Minister Józef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. |