Winnie Alice Shelton
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Parents
Gillum M Shelton
Gillum M Shelton
1865 - 1951
Minnie Maude Adams
Minnie Maude Adams
1872 - 1907
Spouse
John Thomas Thornton
John Thomas Thornton
1895 - 1987
Children
Siblings

1900


Jan 5
1900 Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage.

1900


Age: 1m

1920


Nov 30
Age: 20y

1922


Age: 21y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 • The Philippines introduced the radio named KZKZ-AM. The Radio in the Philippines served for 91 years.

1926


Age: 25y
1926 Roald Amundsen flies over the North Pole in the airship Norge.

1927


Age: 26y
1927 • The first British troops land in Shanghai.

1930


Apr 10
Age: 30y
1930 • The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on contraception expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier.

1993


Jun 13
Age: 93y
1993 • The Russian space station Mir boasts the first art exhibition in outer space.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKcWWhj_hY YouTube — Art In Space Ihor Podolchak 1993]

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