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1897
Jul 27
| 1897 • April 15 Drillers near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, strike oil for the first time in the designated "Indian Territory", on land leased from the Osage Indians. The gusher, at the Nellie Johnstone Number One well, leads to rapid population growth.W. David Baird and Danney Goble, The Story of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) p8 |
1918
Aug 24
Age: 21y
| 1918 • WWI: Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub launched by the Australian Mounted Division continues the advance towards Damascus. |
1926
May 11
Age: 28y
marriageMary Louise Delude Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington, USA ⇓ |
| 1926 • Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. |
1940
Age: 42y
| 1940 • US historian Arthur Marder publishes The Anatomy of British Sea Power: a history of British naval policy in the pre-Dreadnought era, 1880-1905. |
1971
Age: 73y
| 1971 • A midair collision between Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives. |