John Thomas Thornton
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Parents
Ida May Shepherd
Ida May Shepherd
1865 - 1902
Spouse
Winnie Alice Shelton
Winnie Alice Shelton
1900 - 1993
Siblings

1895


Nov 23
1895 Venezuela Crisis of 1895: President Grover Cleveland signs into law a bill resulting from the proposition of House Resolution 252 by William Lindsay Scruggs and Congressman Leonidas Livingston to the third session of the 53rd Congress of the United States of America. The bill recommends Venezuela and Great Britain settle their dispute by arbitration.

1917


Jun 5
Age: 21y

1920


Nov 30
Age: 25y

1922


Age: 26y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 Drums in the Night (Trommeln in der Nacht) becomes the first play by Bertolt Brecht to be staged, at the Munich Kammerspiele.

1926


Age: 30y
1926 APOEL FC was founded.

1927


Age: 31y
1927 • The first armored car robbery is committed by the Flatheads Gang near Pittsburgh.

1930


Apr 10
Age: 34y
1930 Warner Bros. in the United States release their first cartoon series called Looney Tunes which runs until 1969.

1987


Feb 19
Age: 91y
1987 • The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

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