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1882
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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
birth of childMaxwell K Medley Illinois, USA ⇓ |
1913 • The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income taxes. |
1918
Age: 35y
birth of childKathryn M Medley Missouri, USA ⇓ |
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
birth of childMargeret Medley Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1918 • Proclamation of German Republic by Philipp Scheidemann in Berlin on the Reichstag balcony |
1920
Age: 37y
1920 • The first game of Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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. |