1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end |
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1863-1879: |  |  |  | 4th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 6 |
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1868-1878: |  |  |  | War between Cuba and Spain from before birth until age 5 |
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1869-1876: |  |  |  | Ulysses S Grant president of US from before birth until age 3 |
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1873-1878: |  |  |  | Depression, banks fail from age 0 to age 5 |
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1873: |  |  |  | Color Photographs at age 0 |
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1876: |  |  |  | American Centennial at age 3 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 3 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 3 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 3 |
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1877: |  |  |  | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 4 |
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1877-1880: |  |  |  | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 4 to age 7 |
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1878: |  |  |  | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 5 |
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1879: |  |  |  | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 6 |
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1881: |  |  |  | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 8 |
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1881: |  |  |  | James A Garfield president of US at age 8 |
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1881-1896: |  |  |  | 5th Cholera pandemic from age 8 until after line end |
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1881-1885: |  |  |  | Chester Arthur president of US from age 8 to age 12 |
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1885-1888: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 12 to age 15 |
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1886: |  |  |  | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 13 |
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1887: |  |  |  | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 14 |
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1888: |  |  |  | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 15 |
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1888: |  |  |  | 70...77 rpm musical records at age 15 |
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1889-1892: |  |  |  | Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 16 until after line end |
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1889: |  |  |  | Holerith invents the punch card at age 16 |
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1889: |  |  |  | South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 16 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Montana enters the union - 41st at age 16 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 16 |
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1889: |  |  |  | North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 16 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 17 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Battle of Wounded Knee at age 17 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 17 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 17 |
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