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A school teacher in Scotland County, Missouri
1880
Dec 18
| 1880 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 19y
| 1900 • Australasian prospector Albert Fuller Ellis identifies phosphate deposits on the Pacific Islands of Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island). |
1904
May 10
Age: 23y
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marriageMarried at the home of William Henry Miller, pronounced by the Rev. W. S. Foreman. Honeymoon was in St. Louis for the 1904 World's Fair. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1904 • In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square. |
1904
May 10
Age: 23y
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marriageChandler Allen Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Married at the home of William Henry Miller, pronounced by the Rev. W. S. Foreman. Honeymoon was in St. Louis for the 1904 World's Fair. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1904 • The distress signal CQD is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by SOS. |
1905
Mar 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childWilliam Stanley Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • The Bloody Sunday massacre of peaceful Russian demonstrators led by Russian Orthodox priest Father Gapon at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg helps trigger the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. |
1910
Age: 28y
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1913
Mar 7
Age: 32y
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birth of childChan Miller Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1913 • French aviator Roland Garros crosses the Mediterranean in an airplane flying from Fréjus, France to Bizerte, Tunisia. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 39y
| 1920 • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia. |
1930
Age: 48y
| 1930 • In London, inventor Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures on the clouds. |
1940
Apr 17
Age: 59y
| 1940 • WWII: The British Royal Navy and Italian Regia Marina fight the Battle of Cape Spartivento. |
1968
Aug 14
Age: 87y
| 1968 • July 28 – Black militants led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans engage in a fierce gunfight with police in the Glenville Shootout of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. |
1968
Aug 17
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memorialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Memorial held at Payne Chapel 1 Source ⇓ |
1968
Aug
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Memphis Cemetery |
| 1968 • Mauritius achieves independence from British rule. |