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1887
Dec 21
1887 • The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane. |
1900
Age: 11y
1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
1910
May 5
Age: 22y
1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1911
Age: 22y
marriageJohn Patrick McGinnis 1 Source ⇓ |
1911 • through mid-January 1911. (started Dec. 31, 2010). 1911 First Industrial Airplane Show held in conjunction with the U.S. International Auto Show at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace in New York. “Grand Central Palace Automobile Show has Auspicious Opening,” New York Times, page, 34, January 1, 1911 Mr. Charles W. Chappelle (1872-1941), a member of the U.S. Aeronautical Reserve, was the only African-American to invent and display an airplane for which he won a medal. |
1913
Dec 27
Age: 26y
birth of childMary Margaret McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1913 • The House of Romanov celebrates the 300th anniversary of its succession to the throne, amidst an outpouring of monarchist sentiment in Russia. |
1916
Mar 9
Age: 28y
birth of childHelen Rose McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1916 • WWI – Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins occupation of the Sinai Peninsula |
1919
Jan 11
Age: 31y
birth of childRita Gretchen McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1919 • Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax. |
1920
Jan 7
Age: 32y
1920 • The world's first peaceful establishment of a social democratic government takes place in Sweden. Hjalmar Branting takes over when Nils Edén resigns. |
1930
Age: 41y
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
Age: 51y
1940 • Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. |
1969
Apr 19
Age: 81y
1969 • Regular colour television broadcasts begin on BBC1 and ITV in UK. |
1969
Apr 22
burialSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried in Calvary Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
1969 • The rock group Blind Faith plays its first gig in front of 100,000 people in London's Hyde Park. |