♂ William Mathew Peter Fisher

1897 - 1983

 

Bill

William Mathew Peter Fisher
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Parents
Mary Candell
Mary Candell
1868 - 1934
Spouse
Mary Ann Schultenover
Mary Ann Schultenover
1897 - 1978
Siblings

1897


Sep 20
1897 • The Battle of Saragarhi: Twenty-one Sikhs of the 36th Sikh of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defend an army post against 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen. The battle occurs in the North-West Frontier Province Afghanistan, now a part of Pakistan, which then formed part of British India.

1920


Apr 1
Age: 22y
1920 • The United Kingdom cedes its brief control of the key Black Sea port of Batum to the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

1921


Jul 7
Age: 23y
1921 • Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.

1922


Dec 6
Age: 25y
1922 • The Ottoman Empire is abolished and its last sultan Mehmed VI, abdicates.

1927


Jul 23
Age: 29y
1927 May 5 – The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 strikes 700,000 people in the greatest natural disaster in American history through that time.

1983


Mar 30
Age: 85y
1983 • British entrepreneur Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

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