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1865
Aug 24
| 1865 • The Kappa Alpha Order is founded at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. |
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Age: 26y
1892
Age: 26y
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marriageMinnie Maude Adams Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1892 • At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played. |
1892
Oct
Age: 27y
birth of childIda M Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • The Homestead Strike begins in Homestead, Pennsylvania, culminating in a battle between striking workers and private security agents on July 6. |
1895
Mar
Age: 29y
birth of childEva Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1895 • George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. |
1897
Sep
Age: 32y
birth of childThomas Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1897 • The International Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority is founded. |
1900
Age: 34y
| 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1900
Jan 5
Age: 34y
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birth of childWinnie Alice Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. |
1910
Age: 44y
| 1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster. |
1940
Age: 74y
| 1940 • The Soviet Union and Finland sign a peace treaty in Moscow ending the Winter War; Finns, along with the world at large, are shocked by the harsh terms. |
1951
Jan 5
Age: 85y
| 1951 • "We Charge Genocide", a petition describing genocide against African Americans, is delivered to the United Nations. |