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

1873


Mar 8
1873 • A peace treaty is signed between Imperial Russia and the Khanate of Khiva, making the khanate a Russian protectorate.

1900


Age: 26y
1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later.

1910


Apr 18
Age: 37y
1910 • The British Ship "Terra Nova" leaves London on its way toward an Antarctic expedition.

1918


Sep 12
Age: 45y
1918 • The Union of Alba Iulia is proclaimed: Following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina, Transylvania unites with the Kingdom of Romania.

1920


Jan 21
Age: 46y
1920 • Sayyid Muhammad, Khan of Khiva abdicates.

1930


Apr 2
Age: 57y
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: 66y
1940 • President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first sets forth the outline of his plan to send aid to Great Britain that will become known as Lend-Lease.

1957


Jul 8
Age: 84y
1957 • The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens in the US to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.

1957


Jul
1957 Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956).

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