George Jacob Simon
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Alta Janetta Miller
Alta Janetta Miller
1874 - 1966

Owned the town saddle shop in Memphis, Missouri

1875


Jul 23
1875 • Widespread nationalist rebellion in the Ottoman Empire has resulted in Turkish repression, Russian intervention and Great Power tensions.

1910


Age: 34y
1910 Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.

1918


Sep 12
Age: 43y
1918 • WWI – Battle of Amiens: Canadian and Australian troops begin a string of almost continuous victories, the 'Hundred Days Offensive', with a push through the German front lines. German General Erich Ludendorff later calls this the "black day of the German Army."

1940


Apr 2
Age: 64y
1940 Zeeland is overrun by German forces, ending the Battle of the Netherlands and beginning full German occupation of the Netherlands (Noord-Beveland surrenders on May 18 and remaining Dutch troops are withdrawn from Zeelandic Flanders on May 19).

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