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1901
Nov 24
1901 • The 1,282 foot (390 m) covered bridge crossing the St. John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada opens. It is the longest covered bridge in the world. |
1925
Age: 23y
birth of childJoan M Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ |
1925 • Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. |
1929
Age: 27y
marriageGeorge C Clinger Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1929 • First appearance of Hergé's Belgian comic book hero Tintin as Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter..., au pays des Soviets), begins serialization in children's newspaper supplement, Le Petit Vingtième. |
1940
Age: 38y
1940 • Winston Churchill, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." |
1984
Jun 12
Age: 82y
1984 • Crack cocaine, a smokeable form of the drug, is first introduced into Los Angeles and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the Crack epidemic. |