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Bread salesman in 1917, Bolter in shipyards in 1920, Barnman for street railway in 1930.
1887
Dec 14
| 1887 • The Giuseppe Verdi opera Otello premieres at La Scala. |
1888
Jan 8
Age: 25d
| 1888 • United States presidential election, 1888: Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election. |
1900
Jun 8
Age: 12y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China where they join with Japanese forces. |
1911
Nov 16
Age: 23y
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marriageMargarita Gretchen Gartner Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1911 • Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu in Peru. |
1913
Dec 27
Age: 26y
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birth of childMary Margaret McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1913 • French physicist Georges Sagnac shows that light propagates at a speed independent of the speed of its source. |
1916
Mar 9
Age: 28y
birth of childHelen Rose McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1916
Jul 18
Age: 28y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Living at 321 19th Ave NE Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 1916 • Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. |
1917
Age: 28y
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militarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Working as a bread salesman for Parker Baking Company 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1917 • WWI: Anzac Mounted Division's occupies Jaffa following their victory at the Battle of Ayun Kara. |
1919
Jan 11
Age: 31y
birth of childRita Gretchen McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1919 • Amritsar Massacre: British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab Province (British India). |
1920
Jan 7
Age: 32y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Working as a "Bolter-Up" in a ship yard. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The German army marches to the Ruhr to fight the Ruhr Red Army. |
1930
Age: 41y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Barnman for the street railway 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • England cricketer Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1,110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians. |
1940
Apr 9
Age: 52y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Working for the "local transit system" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom. |
1961
Nov 16
Age: 73y
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anniversarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration |
| 1961 • Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev requests asylum in France while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet. |
1976
May 31
Age: 88y
| 1976 • Clarence Norris, the last known survivor of the Scottsboro Boys, is pardoned. |
1976
Jun
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burialSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried at Calvary Cemetery |
| 1976 • Conrail (Consolidated Rails Corporation) is formed by the U.S. government, to take control of 13 major Northeast Class-1 railroads that had filed for bankruptcy protection. Conrail takes control at midnight, as a government-owned and operated railroad until 1986, when it is sold to the public. |