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1882
| 1882 • Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age. |
1903
Dec 29
Age: 22y
marriageBessie Plaster Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1903 • The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate later rejects the treaty. |
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Age: 30y
1912
Age: 30y
birth of childWilliam T Guy |
| 1912 • The Republic of China is proclaimed. |
1930
Age: 48y
| 1930 • The chocolate chip cookie is invented by Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. |