1884
Aug
| 1884 • The Dow Jones Transportation Average, consisting of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies (Western Union and Pacific Mail), was created. The index is the oldest stock index still in use. |
1900
Jun 5
Age: 15y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage. |
1907
Age: 22y
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residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ Genevieve is working as a "Sales Lady" in Spokane in 1907 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1907 • New Zealand and Newfoundland become dominions. |
1907
Oct 15
Age: 23y
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marriageWilliam Stanley Johnson Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1907 • Černová incident: Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of a Catholic church in Hungary (now Slovakia). |
1909
Feb 14
Age: 24y
birth of childLeland Stanford Johnson Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1909 • Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Inuit explorers, Ootah, Ooqueah, Seegloo, and Egigingwah, come within a few miles of the North Pole.[http://www.explorers.org/index.php/about/history/north_pole "North Pole."] The Explorer's Club. Accessed 5 Feb 2014. |
1910
Age: 25y
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residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Real Estate Agent in Spokane 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States of America. The flight, made by Wright Brothers pilot Philip Parmalee between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio. |
1920
Age: 35y
| 1920 • The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. |
1930
Age: 45y
1940
Age: 55y
| 1940 • In Tibet, province of Ando, 4-year-old Tenzin Gyatso is proclaimed the tulku (rebirth) of the fourteenth Dalai Lama. |
1942
Aug 30
Age: 58y
birth of childThomas Stanley Johnson Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania. |
1980
Jan 16
Age: 95y
| 1980 • Zimbabwe gains de jure independence from the United Kingdom; Robert Mugabe becomes Prime Minister. |