Sadie Thompson Franklin
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Parents
Henry Clay Franklin
Henry Clay Franklin
1848 - 1915
Grace Lavinia Clarke
Grace Lavinia Clarke
1859 - 1940
Spouse
Yale Laurence McGee
Yale Laurence McGee
1867 - 1930
Children
Bessie Franklin McGee
Bessie Franklin McGee
1903 - 1908
Lucian Shaw McGee
Lucian Shaw McGee
1909 - 1999
Siblings

1900


Age: 18y

1902


Sep 21
Age: 21y
1902 • Police and universal suffrage demonstrators are involved in a physical altercation in Brussels.

1903


Sep 4
Age: 22y
1903 • The first box of Crayola crayons is made and sold for 5 cents. It contains 8 colors; brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and black.

1909


Aug 9
Age: 28y
1909 • A revolution forces Mohammad Ali Shah, Persian Shah of the Qajar dynasty to abdicate in favor of his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. He proceeds to leave Persia for Imperial Russia, reportedly seeking the assistance of Nicholas II of Russia in regaining the throne.

1910


Apr 20
Age: 28y
1910 Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).

1920


Age: 38y
Sadie Thompson Franklin - 1920 United States Federal Census

residence


Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA ⇓
Marital status is listed as "widowed", although it appears that some time before 1920 her husband, Yale, must have been committed to an insane asylum.
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1920 • The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara. It denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.

1930


Age: 48y
1930 • The government of Turkey requests the international community to adopt Istanbul and Ankara as the official names for Constantinople and Angora.

1940


May 24
Age: 58y
1940 • In Lascaux, France, 17,000-year-old cave paintings are discovered by a group of young Frenchmen hiking through Southern France. The paintings depict animals and date to the Stone Age.

1950


Apr 14
Age: 68y

1951


Age: 69y
1951 MGM's Technicolor musical film, An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, premieres in New York. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli. It would go on to win 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

1962


Nov 12
Age: 81y

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