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1900
Jan 5
| 1900 • The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris (as part of the Paris World Exhibition). |
1900
Age: 1m
| 1900 • The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. |
1910
Age: 9y
1920
Nov 30
Age: 20y
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marriageJohn Thomas Thornton Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The Ruhr Red Army, a communist army 60,000 men strong, is formed in Germany. |
1922
Age: 21y
birth of childWesley Thornton |
| 1922 • U.S. première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film. |
1924
Apr 26
Age: 24y
birth of childRobert Marshal Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1924 • The Earth Inductor Compass is invented in New York City. |
1926
Age: 25y
birth of childLouise Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1926 • The short-lived Western Australian Secession League is founded. |
1927
Age: 26y
birth of childVelma Thornton California, USA ⇓ |
| 1927 • Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television. |
1930
Age: 29y
| 1930 • BBC Radio from London reports on this day that "There is no news". |
1930
Apr 10
Age: 30y
| 1930 • Sergei Eisenstein arrives in Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures; they part ways by October. |
1993
Jun 13
Age: 93y
| 1993 • Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum, the Eritrean independence referendum. |