Sagarlan Alonzo Knighton
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Neoma Olieta Plaster
Neoma Olieta Plaster
1896 - 1985

1873


Mar 8
1873 Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.

1900


Age: 26y
1900 Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics.

1918


Sep 12
Age: 45y

1920


Jan 21
Age: 46y
1920 United States presidential election, 1920: Republican Warren G. Harding defeats Democrat James M. Cox and Socialist Eugene V. Debs, in the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote.

1930


Apr 2
Age: 57y
1930 • The first FIFA World Cup starts: Lucien Laurent scores the first goal, for France against Mexico.

1957


Jul
1957 • The so-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium, is excavated.

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