♀ Edna D Wiegner

1878 - 1957

Edna D Wiegner
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Fred Marcus Johnson
Fred Marcus Johnson
1874 - 1950
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1878


Jul 10
1878 • The first assassination attempt is made against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in one arm. Prime minister Benedetto Cairoli blocks the aggressor, receiving a leg injury.

1885


Age: 6y
1885 Good Housekeeping Magazine goes on sale for the first time in the United States.

1901


Apr 25
Age: 22y
1901 • First public telephones at railway stations in Paris.

1905


Feb 9
Age: 26y
1905 Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year".

1940


Age: 61y
1940 • In Lascaux, France, 17,000-year-old cave paintings are discovered by a group of young Frenchmen hiking through Southern France. The paintings depict animals and date to the Stone Age.

1957


Apr 24
Age: 78y

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