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1896
Sep
| 1896 • Construction of the Uganda Railway starts. |
1900
Jun 11
Age: 3y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The Siege of Kimberley is lifted. |
1917
Age: 20y
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militaryPennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was in World War I. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: Anzac Mounted Division (Desert Mounted Corps) successfully fights the Battle of Ayun Kara in the aftermath of the Battle of Mughar Ridge against strong German rearguards. |
1920
Age: 23y
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residenceCranesville, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a machinist helper for the railroad. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres with the Allied Powers, confirming arrangements for partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. |
1924
May 26
Age: 27y
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birth of childPhyllis Hall Miller St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1924 • British Empire Exhibition opens. It was the largest colonial exhibition with 58 countries of the empire dramatically represented. |
1929
Age: 32y
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birth of childJohn Edward Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1929 • 29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government). |
1929
Age: 32y
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birth of childJean Anna Miller Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1929 • The Albanian missionary sister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa, arrives in Calcutta from Ireland to begin her work in India. |
1930
Age: 33y
| 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. |
1940
Age: 43y
| 1940 • WWII: Mechelen Incident: A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the Low Countries. |
1942
Apr 27
Age: 45y
| 1942 • The Alaska Highway is completed. |
1950
Age: 53y
1951
Apr 23
Age: 54y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ John and Cecelia are living at 203 Reed Street in Oil City. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1951 • The Catcher in the Rye is first published by J. D. Salinger. |
1966
Oct 1
Age: 70y
| 1966 • The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the military, leaving a military government in power. This is the beginning of a long period of military rule. |