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1896
Apr 17
| 1896 • J. T. Hearne sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets in cricket (it is equalled by Charlie Parker in 1931). |
1900
Age: 3y
| 1900 • The Paris World Exhibition opens. |
1910
Age: 13y
| 1910 • Emperor Sunjong of the Korean Empire abdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished. |
1917
Age: 20y
| 1917 • The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. |
1930
Age: 33y
| 1930 • The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers. This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast. |
1973
Nov 25
Age: 77y
| 1973 • The British Trade Union Congress expels 20 members for registering under the Industrial Relations Act 1971. |