Mabel Martha McWilliam
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Charles Dewitt Miller
Charles Dewitt Miller
1887 - 1981
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1890


Apr
1890 • The folding carton box is invented by Robert Gair, a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879.

1912


Feb 1
Age: 21y
1912 Albert Berry is reported to have made the first parachute jump from a flying airplane.

1914


Age: 23y
1914 • The Government of Ireland Bill completes its passage through the House of Lords of the U.K. It allows Ulster counties to vote on whether or not they wish to participate in Home Rule from Dublin.

1918


Age: 27y
1918 • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and chooses to live in exile in the Netherlands.

1930


Age: 39y
1930 German election, 1930: National Socialists win 107 seats in the German Parliament, the Reichstag (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party.

1940


Apr 12
Age: 50y
1940 • WWII: Italian troops invade Greece, meeting strong resistance from Greek troops and civilians. This action signals the beginning of the Balkans Campaign.

1968


Age: 77y
1968 • The Catonsville Nine enter the Selective Service offices in Catonsville, Maryland, take dozens of selective service draft records, and burn them with napalm as a protest against the Vietnam War.

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