Hugh Patrick McGinnis Jr.
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Thomas J McGinnis
Thomas J McGinnis
1891 - 1976
Mary C McGinnis
Mary C McGinnis
1895 - 1902
Arthur J McGinnis
Arthur J McGinnis
1901 - 1968

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
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.

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