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A school teacher in Scotland County, Missouri
1880
Dec 18
| 1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 19y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
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 • The first successful caterpillar track is made (it later revolutionizes construction vehicles and land warfare). |
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 Entente Cordiale is signed between the UK and France. |
1905
Mar 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childWilliam Stanley Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Kappa Delta Rho is founded in room 14 of Old Painter Hall at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. |
1910
Age: 28y
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1913
Mar 7
Age: 32y
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birth of childChan Miller Johnson Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1913 • The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, dictating the direct election of senators. |
1920
Jan 2
Age: 39y
| 1920 • The Netherlands refuses to extradite the German Kaiser. |
1930
Age: 48y
| 1930 • While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a Celestial Body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006. |
1940
Apr 17
Age: 59y
| 1940 • WWII: British naval units sink or seize ships of the French fleet anchored in the Algerian ports of Oran and Mers-el-Kebir. The following day, Vichy France breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain |
1968
Aug 14
Age: 87y
| 1968 • Swaziland becomes independent. |
1968
Aug 17
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memorialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Memorial held at Payne Chapel 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1968 • The Soviet's Zond 5 unmanned lunar flyby mission returns to earth, with its first of a kind biological payload intact. |
1968
Aug
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Memphis Cemetery |
| 1968 • Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will send about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours. |