♀ Emma Marie Gamble

1892 - 1970

Emma Marie Gamble
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Francis Franklin
Francis Franklin
1910 - 1933
Thelma Franklin
Thelma Franklin
1913 - 1991

1892


Apr 28
1892 • The Dalton Gang, attempting to rob 2 banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, is shot by the townspeople; only Emmett Dalton, with 23 wounds, survives, to spend 14 years in prison.

1911


Age: 18y
1911 • The very first Indianapolis 500, won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 miles per hour.

1913


Age: 20y
1913 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa's troops take Torreón after a 3-day battle, when government troops retreat.

1930


Age: 37y
1930 • The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on contraception expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier.

1940


Age: 47y
1940 • WWII: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

1970


May 14
Age: 78y
1970 Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.

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