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1887


Apr 11
1887 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.

1915


Oct 6
Age: 28y
1915 • The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power. This type of system is later used in long-distance passenger trains between New York City, Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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1919


Age: 31y
1919 Pancho Villa attacks Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. When the bullets begin to fly to the American side of the border, two units of the 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States) cross the border to repulse Villa's forces away from American territory.

1920


Age: 32y
1920 • El Tercio de Extranjeros, the "Regiment of Foreigners", later the Spanish Legion, is established by decree of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

1956


Mar 12
Age: 68y
1956 • At the reception of the Polish embassy in Moscow Nikita Khrushchev uttered his famous phrase "We will bury you".

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