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1887
Dec 21
1887 • Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller. |
1900
Age: 11y
1900 • Boxer Rebellion: The Boxers attack Belgians in the Fengtai railway station. |
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 • The first "quasi-official" airmail flight occurs when Fred Wiseman carries three letters between Petaluma and Santa Rosa, California. |
1913
Dec 27
Age: 26y
birth of childMary Margaret McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1913 • General election in Tasmania. |
1916
Mar 9
Age: 28y
birth of childHelen Rose McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1916 • J. R. R. Tolkien marries Edith Bratt in England (they would serve as the inspiration for the fictional characters Lúthien and Beren). |
1919
Jan 11
Age: 31y
birth of childRita Gretchen McGinnis Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1919 • Save the Children Fund is created in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children. |
1920
Jan 7
Age: 32y
1920 • United States presidential election, 1920: Republican Warren G. Harding defeats Democrat James M. Cox and Socialist Eugene V. Debs, in the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote. |
1930
Age: 41y
1930 • The first FIFA World Cup starts: Lucien Laurent scores the first goal, for France against Mexico. |
1940
Age: 51y
1940 • Weather Bureau transferred to the United States Department of Commerce. |
1969
Apr 19
Age: 81y
1969 • John Fairfax lands in Hollywood Beach, Florida near Miami and becomes the first person to row across an ocean solo, after 180 days spent at sea on board 25' ocean rowboat 'Britannia' (left Gran Canaria on January 20, 1969). |
1969
Apr 22
burialSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
1969 • The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 4. |