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1880
Jul 14
| 1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1900
Jun 14
Age: 19y
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residenceEau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Working as a Pulp Maker 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1908
Jun 24
Age: 27y
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marriageHattie Ringo Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1908 • A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. |
1910
Age: 29y
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residenceThree Lakes, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓ Working as an upright sawyer at a shingle mill 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. |
1917
Age: 36y
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militaryWashington, USA ⇓ Occupation is a Shingle Sawer for for J.H. Dunlap Company 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up. |
1918
May 10
Age: 37y
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marriageRuby Cocile Juel Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1918 • British capture of Kirkuk |
1924
Jul 16
Age: 44y
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marriageFrancis Myrtle Fischer Milltown, Skagit County, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1924 • André Breton defines surrealism as "pure psychic automatism" in the first Surrealist Manifesto. |
1940
Apr 18
Age: 59y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Working maintenance at an apartment building 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • The Chicago Bears, in what will become the most one-sided victory in National Football League history, defeat the Washington Redskins 73–0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. |
1942
Age: 61y
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militarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Employed at the Tacoma Hotel in Seattle 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • Manhattan Project: Below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (a coded message, "The Italian navigator has landed in the new world" is then sent to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt). |