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1877
Oct 11
| 1877 • In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote on November 7, 1876. |
1900
Age: 22y
| 1900 • The Paris World Exhibition opens. |
1910
Age: 32y
| 1910 • Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. |
1920
Age: 42y
| 1920 • Polish–Soviet War: The Red Army retakes Kiev. |
1930
Age: 52y
| 1930 • The chocolate chip cookie is invented by Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. |
1940
Age: 62y
| 1940 • Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard. |
1950
Apr 29
Age: 72y
| 1950 • The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. |