William S Thornton
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Parents
Sarah Haworth
Sarah Haworth
1828 - 1900
Henry Thornton
Henry Thornton
1831 - 1902
Siblings

1865


Aug 16
1865 • The U.S. Congress creates the House Appropriations Committee and the Committee on Banking and Commerce, reducing the tasks of the Committee on Ways and Means.

1890


Mar 22
Age: 24y
1890 • The folding carton box is invented by Robert Gair, a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879.

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