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1863
Nov 22
| 1863 • Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent annexing to South Australia the part of the colony of New South Wales that will later become the Northern Territory.[http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=49 Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863]. National Archives of Australia. |
1880
Age: 16y
| 1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1900
Age: 36y
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |
1910
Age: 46y
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1920
Age: 56y
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residenceLos Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA ⇓ Thomas and his wife Mary are lodgers in Los Angeles in 1920. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The short-lived Far Eastern Republic is declared in eastern Siberia. |
1930
Age: 66y
| 1930 • Princess Margaret Rose is born at Glamis Castle in Scotland, younger daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York (second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and later King George VI) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York, and sister to The Princess Elizabeth. |
1940
Age: 76y
| 1940 • 19 – WWII: Thirty-two ships are sunk from Convoy SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 by the most effective "wolfpack" of the war including U-boat aces Kretschmer, Prien and Schepke. |
1948
Jul 24
Age: 84y
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deathLos Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA ⇓ Thomas died from throat cancer 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1948 • Treaty of Brussels signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, providing for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence. |