♂ Francis A Medley

1882 - 1950

 

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Francis A Medley
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Parents
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Maude
Maude
1883 - 1981
Children
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Ella Lilla Medley
Ella Lilla Medley
1868 - 1966
Sadie Carrie Medley
Sadie Carrie Medley
1870 - 1957
Mary Frances Medley
Mary Frances Medley
1878 - 1967

1882


Aug
1882 Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as "The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4″ in diameter; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight."

1913


Age: 30y
1913 • The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income taxes.

1918


Age: 35y
1918 • WWI: Battle of Tell 'Asur launched by units of the British Army's Egyptian Expeditionary Force against Ottoman defences from the Mediterranean Sea, across the Judaean Mountains to the edge of the Jordan Valley ends on March 12 with the move of much of the front line north into Ottoman territory.

1918


Age: 35y
1918 • Proclamation of German Republic by Philipp Scheidemann in Berlin on the Reichstag balcony

1950


Age: 67y
1950 • In his encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.

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