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Children
1872
Jul 28
| 1872 • First case reports in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December. |
1892
Age: 19y
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marriageGillum M Shelton Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1892 • John Thompson becomes Canada's fourth prime minister. |
1892
Oct
Age: 20y
birth of childIda M Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • Homer Plessy (who is black) is arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case. |
1895
Mar
Age: 22y
birth of childEva Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1895 • The first Boxer (dog) show is held at Munich, Germany. |
1897
Sep
Age: 25y
birth of childThomas Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1897 • April 15 Drillers near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, strike oil for the first time in the designated "Indian Territory", on land leased from the Osage Indians. The gusher, at the Nellie Johnstone Number One well, leads to rapid population growth.W. David Baird and Danney Goble, The Story of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) p8 |
1900
Jan 5
Age: 27y
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birth of childWinnie Alice Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1900
Jun 9
Age: 27y
| 1900 • The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. |
1907
Aug 3
Age: 35y
| 1907 • The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London. |