Spouse
1877
Oct 11
| 1877 • Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound, considered Edison's first great invention. Edison demonstrates the device for the first time on November 29. |
1900
Age: 22y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1910
Age: 32y
| 1910 • Emperor Sunjong of the Korean Empire abdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished. |
1920
Age: 42y
| 1920 • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia. |
1930
Age: 52y
| 1930 • Princess Margaret Rose is born at Glamis Castle in Scotland, younger daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York (second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and later King George VI) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York, and sister to The Princess Elizabeth. |
1940
Age: 62y
| 1940 • WWII: The Battle of Britain begins |
1950
Apr 29
Age: 72y