1886
Dec 10
| 1886 • U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House (Washington, D.C.), becoming the only president of the United States to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior. |
1908
Aug 11
Age: 21y
marriageCatherine Fisher Ballard, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1908 • At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom. |
1909
Nov 16
Age: 22y
birth of childHenry J Kapp Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1909 • An agreement by Germany, Italy and Switzerland gives the Germans and Italians access to the Gotthard Rail Tunnel. |