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1883
Mar 19
| 1883 • The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey; it was installed by Thomas Edison. |
1885
Age: 1y
| 1885 • The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. |
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Aug
Age: 22y
1905
Aug
Age: 22y
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marriageJennie Linn Sims They married after they both turned 22 that year. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1905 • Workers' compensation is introduced in Queensland. |
1906
Aug 29
Age: 23y
birth of childCharles Emilius Boyd Santa Clara, Lane County, Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1906 • The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 35y
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militaryEugene, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Working as a farm manager for Bangs Livery Company 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1918 • WWI: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bolshevist Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending Russia's involvement in the war. |
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Age: 35y
1919
Age: 35y
birth of childGlen R Boyd Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1919 • Friedrich Ebert becomes first president in Germany |
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Age: 38y
1922
Age: 38y
birth of childRonald L Boyd Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1922 • The Lambda Chapter of the Joe Whelan Sorority, Incorporated (the first chapter of a black sorority in New York State) is chartered. |
1924
Age: 40y
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birth of childRoy J Boyd Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1924 • Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States. |
1930
Age: 46y
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residenceLeaburg, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ Roy Blain Boyd was a "teamster", a word for a truck driver in North America. His oldest son Charles Emilius is living with his wife, Geneva, and son, Charles Elder, on the same page. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime. |
1940
Age: 56y
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residenceTiller Election Precinct, Douglas, Oregon, USA ⇓ He was a roadwork laborer. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: First Naval Battle of Narvik: The British Royal Navy attacks the German fleet in the Ofotfjord. |
1942
Feb 17
Age: 58y
| 1942 • 26 – WWII: Operation Harling: A British Special Operations Executive team, together with Greek Resistance fighters, blows up the Gorgopotamos viaduct in the first major sabotage act in occupied continental Europe. |