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1895
Nov 23
| 1895 • Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest is first shown at St. James' Theatre in London. |
1917
Jun 5
Age: 21y
| 1917 • Female suffrage is enacted in the Netherlands. |
1920
Nov 30
Age: 25y
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marriageWinnie Alice Shelton Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • A woman named Anna Anderson tries to commit suicide in Berlin and is taken to a mental hospital, where she claims she is Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. |
1922
Age: 26y
birth of childWesley Thornton |
| 1922 • Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Transcaucasia come together to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was eventually dissolved in 1991. |
1924
Apr 26
Age: 28y
birth of childRobert Marshal Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1924 • U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. |
1926
Age: 30y
birth of childLouise Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1926 • The Kuomingtang begins a military unification campaign in northern China. |
1927
Age: 31y
birth of childVelma Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1927 • Yugoslavia severs diplomatic relations with Albania. |
1930
Age: 34y
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residenceMission, San Bernardino, California, USA ⇓ Working as a Ranch Laborer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The Communist Party of Vietnam is established. |
1930
Apr 10
Age: 34y
| 1930 • The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on contraception expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier. |
1987
Feb 19
Age: 91y
| 1987 • U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate, the first and only nominee rejection to date. |