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1888
Feb 19
| 1888 • C. V. Raman, physicist and Nobel laureate, discoverer of Raman scattering, is born in Thiruvanaikaval, India. |
1900
Age: 11y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé. |
1917
Jun 5
Age: 29y
| 1917 • The Lions Clubs International is formed. |
1930
Age: 41y
| 1930 • The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers. This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast. |
1948
Aug 14
Age: 60y
deathDorena, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Buried in an unmarked grave in Fir Grove Cemetery 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1948 • Laurence Duggan falls to his death from the 16th storey window of his Manhattan office |