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1879
Jul 31
1879 • Anglo–Zulu War: The Anglo–Zulu War effectively ends with British victory at the Battle of Ulundi. |
1907
Age: 27y
residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ William and Genevieve are living at 427 West Shannon Avenue in Spokane. 1 Source ⇓ |
1907 • Guglielmo Marconi initiates commercial transatlantic radio communications between his high power longwave wireless telegraphy stations in Clifden Ireland and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. |
1907
Oct 15
Age: 28y
marriageGenevieve Stanford Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1907 • The Second Hague Peace Conference opens at The Hague. |
1909
Feb 14
Age: 29y
birth of childLeland Stanford Johnson Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1909 • The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, modern-day BP, is incorporated. |
1910
Age: 30y
residenceSpokane, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Real Estate Agent in Spokane 1 Source ⇓ |
1910 • The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year. |
1920
Age: 40y
residenceTyler, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a "General Farmer" on a farm 1 Source ⇓ |
1930
Age: 50y
residenceMorningside, King County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a Construction Engineer. 1 Source ⇓ |
1930 • Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles using only a reverse gear; the 11,555 km trip lasts 42 days. |
1940
Age: 60y
residenceKing County, Washington, USA ⇓ Stanley is working as a "Ship Guard" at the ship yard. 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • Leon Trotsky is attacked with an ice axe in his Mexico home by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader. |
1942
Age: 62y
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 • Holocaust: On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary. |
1942
Age: 62y
militarySeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ William is working for the Port of Seattle 1 Source ⇓ |
1942 • WWII: Battle of Sittang Bridge – British forces retreat to the Sittang River. |
1942
Aug 30
Age: 63y
birth of childThomas Stanley Johnson Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1942 • WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property. |
1952
Dec 6
Age: 73y
1952 • Saynatsalo Town Hall in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto, is completed. |