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1870
May 20
| 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
1900
Age: 29y
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residenceMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA ⇓ Emily is living with her in-laws 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1912
Jan 18
Age: 41y
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marriageEdwin Hicks Van Deusen Delaware, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • French aviator Henri Salmet makes the first nonstop flight from Paris to London, in three hours.Flight, 16 March 1912, p. 238 [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%200238.html London-Paris Record Flight ] ##claim retracted see Flight, 23 March 1912, p. 264 [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%200264.html M. Salmet's London-Paris Flight] ## |
1915
Age: 44y
| 1915 • Boxer Jess Willard, the latest "Great White Hope", defeats Jack Johnson with a 26th round knockout in sweltering heat at Havana, Cuba. Willard becomes very popular among white Americans for "bringing back the championship to the white race". |
1920
Age: 49y
| 1920 • Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty: The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic recognizes independent Lithuania. |
1930
Age: 59y
| 1930 • The 3M company markets Scotch Tape, invented by Richard Gurley Drew, in the United States. |
1940
Age: 69y
| 1940 • The very first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California. |