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1879
Jul 31
| 1879 • Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric light bulb (it lasts 13½ hours before burning out). |
1907
Age: 27y
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residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ William and Genevieve are living at 427 West Shannon Avenue in Spokane. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1907 • The triode thermionic amplifier invented by Lee de Forest, starting the development of electronics as a practical technology. |
1907
Oct 15
Age: 28y
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marriageGenevieve Stanford Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1907 • 9 – Robert Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, England. |
1909
Feb 14
Age: 29y
birth of childLeland Stanford Johnson Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1909 • The remains of the Báb are placed in the Bahá'í Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, at this time within the Ottoman Empire. |
1910
Age: 30y
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residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Real Estate Agent in Spokane 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1920
Age: 40y
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residenceTyler, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a "General Farmer" on a farm 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey. |
1930
Age: 50y
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residenceMorningside, King County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Construction Engineer. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Heinrich Brüning is appointed Chancellor of Germany. |
1940
Age: 60y
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residenceKing County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a "Ship Guard" at the ship yard. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • California's first modern freeway, the future State Route 110, opens to traffic in Pasadena, California, as the Arroyo Seco Parkway (now the Pasadena Freeway). |
1942
Age: 62y
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residenceSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ William is living at 9703 35th Ave in Seattle. His son Lee Stanley Johnson is living a couple houses away at 9709 35th Ave. |
| 1942 • WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal begins – The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps begin the first American offensive of the war with an amphibious landing on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. |
1942
Age: 62y
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militarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ William is working for the Port of Seattle 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • The Jewish Star of David is required wearing for all Jews in the Netherlands and Belgium; Jews in other Nazi-controlled countries have already been wearing it. |
1942
Aug 30
Age: 63y
birth of childThomas Stanley Johnson Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • Holocaust: On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary. |
1952
Dec 6
Age: 73y
| 1952 • The Swedish paratrooper training school Fallskärmsjägarna(FJS) is created. |