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1895
Nov 23
| 1895 • Gongche Shangshu movement: 603 candidates sign a 10,000-word petition against the Treaty of Shimonoseki. |
1917
Jun 5
Age: 21y
| 1917 • WWI: Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne between France, Italy and the United Kingdom to settle interests in the Middle Eastern signed. |
1920
Nov 30
Age: 25y
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marriageWinnie Alice Shelton Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Syrian National Congress proclaims Syria independent with Faisal I of Iraq as king. |
1922
Age: 26y
birth of childWesley Thornton |
| 1922 • DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the first issue of Reader's Digest. |
1924
Apr 26
Age: 28y
birth of childRobert Marshal Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1924 • Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership. |
1926
Age: 30y
birth of childLouise Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1926 • Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program Sam 'n' Henry, in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city. It is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy. |
1927
Age: 31y
birth of childVelma Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1927 • The first Volvo automobile rolled off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
1930
Age: 34y
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residenceMission, San Bernardino, California, USA ⇓ Working as a Ranch Laborer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Warner Bros. in the United States release their first cartoon series called Looney Tunes which runs until 1969. |
1930
Apr 10
Age: 34y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett takes office as the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada. |
1987
Feb 19
Age: 91y
| 1987 • NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell. |