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

1881


Aug 3
1881 • A meteorite strikes earth near the village of Großliebenthal, a few kilometers southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

1900


Age: 18y
1900 Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics.

1902


Sep 21
Age: 21y
1902 Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.

1903


Sep 4
Age: 22y
1903 • The Judiciary Act is passed in the Australian parliament.

1909


Aug 9
Age: 28y
1909 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown and succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. He is sent to the Ottoman port city of Thessaloniki (Selanik) the next day.

1910


Apr 20
Age: 28y
1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours.

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 Gabriele d'Annunzio proclaims the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume.

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 • King Leopold III of Belgium orders the Belgian forces to cease fighting, ending the 18-day Battle of Belgium. Leaders of the Belgian government on French territory declare Leopold deposed.

1950


Apr 14
Age: 68y

1951


Age: 69y
1951 Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, which allows United States Armed Forces being stationed in Japan after the occupation of Japan, is signed by Japan and the United States.

1962


Nov 12
Age: 81y
1962 Cuba releases the last 1,113 participants in the Bay of Pigs Invasion to the U.S., in exchange for food worth $53 million.

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