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1879
May 1
1879 • Anglo–Zulu War: The Anglo–Zulu War effectively ends with British victory at the Battle of Ulundi. |
1881
Age: 1y
1881 • Determined to bring about the revival of the Hebrew language as a way of unifying Jews, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda had what is believed to be the first modern conversation in Hebrew while living in Paris. |
1891
Age: 11y
1903
Age: 23y
immigrationHe immigrated on-board the Astosia from Glasgow, Scotland to the US. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1903 • Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense is founded in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
1904
Oct 10
Age: 25y
marriageCecilia Jessie Johnston Manhattan, New York, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1904 • The 1904 Moscow tornado occurs. |
1905
Aug 12
Age: 26y
birth of childCecelia Mary Hall New Jersey, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1905 • Kappa Delta Rho is founded in room 14 of Old Painter Hall at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. |
1910
Age: 30y
residenceRichland, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked as a gardener. 1 Source ⇓ |
1910 • Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). |
about
Age: 30y
1910
Age: 30y
birth of childHerbert J Hall Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1910 • The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty is signed. It becomes null and void in 1965. |
about
Age: 33y
1913
Age: 33y
birth of childElsie J Hall Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1913 • In China, the province of Chungking (Chongqing) declares independence; Chinese Republican forces crush the rebellion in a couple of weeks. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 39y
militaryClarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was drafted for World War I. Was working as a "Machinist Helper". 1 Source ⇓ |
1918 • The Council of Lithuania adopts the Act of Independence of Lithuania, declaring Lithuania's independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. |
1920
Feb 11
Age: 40y
residenceRichland, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Working for the Railroad Industry 1 Source ⇓ |
1920 • The world's first peaceful establishment of a social democratic government takes place in Sweden. Hjalmar Branting takes over when Nils Edén resigns. |
1924
Apr 2
Age: 44y
naturalizationClarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Up until that point he had been a subject of George V of Great Britain and Ireland. His occupation is listed as fireman, as well as storekeeper. 1 Source ⇓ |
1924 • The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps). |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 50y
residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Working as a Gas Station Attendent 1 Source ⇓ |
1930 • Canadian adventurer William "Red" Hill, Sr., makes a five-hour journey down the Niagara Gorge rapids. |
1930
Apr 8
Age: 50y
residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Herbert Hall is working as a Gas Station Attendant 1 Source ⇓ |
1940
Apr 19
Age: 60y
residenceBridgewater, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ The Census indicates Herbert is no longer physically able to work 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez premieres in Barcelona, Spain. |
1942
Age: 62y
militaryBridgewater, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was drafted for World War II, and would have been part of the "Old Man's Draft" for men aged 45-64. The description of the Old Man's Draft was that "It was not intended that these men be drafted into military service but to determine if their labor skills could be used in the war effort." 2 Sources ⇓ |
1942 • The 14th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles; How Green Was My Valley wins Best Picture. |
1961
Nov 14
Age: 82y
1961 • The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate. |
1957
Aug 10
Age: 78y
1957 • Yugoslavia announces the end of an economic boycott of Franco's Spain (although it does not reinstitute diplomatic relations). |