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 • Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

1900


Age: 1m
1900 • The U.S. Senate accepts the British-German treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the American Samoa portion of the Samoan Islands.

1910


Age: 9y
1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster.

1920


Nov 30
Age: 20y

1922


Age: 21y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 Vegemite is invented by Australian entrepreneur Fred Walker.

1926


Age: 25y
1926 • By a vote of 45–41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.

1927


Age: 26y
1927 • The Soviet Union executes 20 Britons for alleged espionage.

1930


Age: 29y
1930 England cricketer Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1,110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians.

1930


Apr 10
Age: 30y
1930 • The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).

1993


Jun 13
Age: 93y
1993 • The 32-member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in Cape Town, marking the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with Black members.

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