1837-1901: | | | | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 28 |
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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: | | | | 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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1876: | | | | American Centennial 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: | |
1879: | | | | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 6 |
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1881-1885: | | | | Chester Arthur president of US from age 8 to age 12 |
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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 to age 23 |
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1884: | |
1884: | |
1885-1888: | | | | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 12 to age 15 |
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1885: | |
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: | | | | South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 16 |
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1889: | | | | Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 16 |
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1889: | | | | Holerith invents the punch card at age 16 |
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1889: | | | | Montana enters the union - 41st at age 16 |
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1889-1892: | | | | Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 16 to age 19 |
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1889: | | | | North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 16 |
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1890: | | | | Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 17 |
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1890: | | | | Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 17 |
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1890: | | | | Battle of Wounded Knee at age 17 |
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1890: | | | | Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 17 |
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1891: | | | | Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 18 |
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1893-1897: | | | | US Financial panic, depression from age 20 to age 24 |
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1893-1896: | | | | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 20 to age 23 |
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1893: | | | | New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 20 |
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1893: | |
1893: | | | | Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 20 |
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1894: | | | | Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 21 |
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1894-1895: | | | | Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 21 to age 22 |
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1896: | | | | Utah enters the union - 45th at age 23 |
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1896: | | | | Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 23 |
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1897-1901: | | | | William McKinley president of US from age 24 to age 28 |
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1898: | | | | Spanish American 1-year war at age 25 |
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1899-1902: | | | | Boer war from age 26 to age 29 |
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1899-1923: | | | | 6th Cholera pandemic from age 26 to age 50 |
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1900: | | | | Boxer rebellion in China at age 27 |
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1900: | | | | Hawaii organized as a territory at age 27 |
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1900: | | | | Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 27 |
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1901: | | | | Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 28 |
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1901-1908: | | | | Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 28 to age 35 |
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1901: | | | | First British submarine launched at age 28 |
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1901-1910: | | | | Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 28 to age 37 |
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1901: | | | | Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 28 |
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1901: | | | | US President William McKinley assassinated at age 28 |
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1901: | | | | Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 28 |
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1901: | | | | Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 28 |
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1903: | |
1903: | | | | Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 30 |
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1904-1905: | | | | Russian-Japanese war from age 31 to age 32 |
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1904: | |
1907: | | | | Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 34 |
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1907: | |
1908: | | | | Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 35 |
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1909: | | | | North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 36 |
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1909: | | | | Union of South Africa formed at age 36 |
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1909-1912: | | | | William Howard Taft president of US from age 36 to age 39 |
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1910: | |
1910: | | | | Japan annexes Korea at age 37 |
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1910-1936: | | | | Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 37 to age 63 |
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1911: | | | | South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 38 |
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1912: | | | | Alaska organized as a territory at age 39 |
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1912: | | | | Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 39 |
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1912: | |
1912: | | | | New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 39 |
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1913-1920: | | | | Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 40 to age 47 |
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1914: | |
1914-1919: | | | | World War I from age 41 to age 46 |
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1915: | | | | Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 42 |
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1916: | | | | Irish Easter Rebellion at age 43 |
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1916: | |
1917: | | | | Russian revolution at age 44 |
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1917: | |
1918-1933: | | | | Prohibition from age 45 to age 60 |
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1918-1920: | | | | Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 45 to age 47 |
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1919: | | | | League of Nations instantiated at age 46 |
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1919: | | | | Shortwave Radio at age 46 |
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1920: | | | | Palestine established at age 47 |
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1920-1929: | | | | Roaring 20's from age 47 to age 56 |
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1920: | | | | Women receive right to vote in USA at age 47 |
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1921-1924: | | | | Warren G Harding president of US from age 48 to age 51 |
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1922: | | | | Insulin made available to diabetics at age 49 |
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1925-1928: | | | | Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 52 to age 55 |
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1925: | | | | Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 52 |
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1926: | | | | Sound in Movies at age 53 |
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1927: | | | | Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 54 |
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1927: | | | | 1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 54 |
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1928: | | | | Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 55 |
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1928: | | | | Video Recordings at age 55 |
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1928: | |
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1929: | | | | Stock Market Crash at age 56 |
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1929-1939: | | | | Great Depression from age 56 to age 66 |
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1929-1932: | | | | Herbert Hoover president of US from age 56 to age 59 |
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1930: | | | | Pluto Discovered at age 57 |
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1931-1933: | | | | Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 58 to age 60 |
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1933: | | | | Radio Astronomy at age 60 |
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1933: | | | | Soviet communist party purge at age 60 |
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1933: | | | | Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 60 |
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1933-1945: | | | | Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 60 to age 72 |
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1934: | | | | Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 61 |
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1935: | |
1935-1936: | | | | Abyssinian war from age 62 to age 63 |
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1936: | |
1936-1952: | | | | Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 63 to age 79 |
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1936: | | | | Spanish Civil War at age 63 |
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1936: | | | | Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 63 |
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1937: | | | | Nylon (by DuPont) at age 64 |
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1937-1945: | | | | Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 64 to age 72 |
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1938: | | | | Germany annexes Austria at age 65 |
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1939: | | | | Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 66 |
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1939: | | | | Digital Computer at age 66 |
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1939-1945: | | | | World War II from age 66 to age 72 |
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1940: | | | | 1st black general in US army at age 67 |
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1940: | | | | Color Television at age 67 |
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1941-1945: | | | | Manhattan Project from age 68 to age 72 |
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1942: | | | | Nuclear Reactor at age 69 |
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1942: | | | | Magnetic Recording Tape at age 69 |
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1945: | | | | US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 72 |
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1945-1952: | | | | Harry S Truman president of US from age 72 to age 79 |
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1945: | | | | United Nations formed at age 72 |
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1945: | |
1946-1989: | | | | The Cold War from age 73 until after line end |
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1946: | |
1947: | |
1947: | | | | India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 74 |
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1947: | | | | UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 74 |
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1948: | | | | Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 75 |
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1948: | | | | 33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 75 |
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1948: | |
1948: | | | | Israel inaugurated as state at age 75 |
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1949: | | | | 45 rpm musical recordings at age 76 |
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1949: | | | | Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 76 |
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1949: | | | | Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 76 |
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1950-1953: | | | | Korean War from age 77 to age 80 |
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1950: | | | | Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 77 |
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1950: | | | | World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 77 |
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1950-1954: | | | | McCarthyism from age 77 to age 81 |
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1951: | | | | Electricity from Atomic Power at age 78 |
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1952-2050: | | | | Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 79 until after line end |
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1952: | | | | 1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 79 |
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1953-1960: | | | | Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 80 to age 87 |
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1954: | | | | Racial segregation in schools ruled unconstitutional at age 81 |
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1955: | | | | Warsaw pact formed at age 82 |
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1955: | | | | Introduction of Salk Polio Vaccine at age 82 |
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1955: | | | | Fiber Optics (by Kapany) at age 82 |
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1955: | | | | Invention of Velcro at age 82 |
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1956: | | | | Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm, sinks at age 83 |
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1957: | | | | Sputnik Launched - 1st (artificial) satellite at age 84 |
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1958: | | | | Integrated Circuit at age 85 |
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1958: | | | | Stereo LP recordings come into usage at age 85 |
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1958: | | | | FM Stereo Broadcasts at age 85 |
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1958: | | | | US space agency (NASA) established at age 85 |
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1959: | | | | Alaska enters the union - 49th at age 86 |
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1959: | | | | Hawaii enters the union - 50th at age 86 |
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1959: | | | | 1st nuclear powered merchant vessel, Savannah at age 86 |
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1960: | |
1960: | | | | 1st weather satellite (Tiros I) at age 87 |
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1960: | |
1960: | | | | World subsurface circumnavigation by US sub Triton at age 87 |
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1961: | | | | 1st US manned spaceflight - Alan Shephard at age 88 |
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1961-1963: | | | | John F Kennedy president of US from age 88 to age 90 |
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1961-1970: | | | | 7th Cholera pandemic from age 88 to age 97 |
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1961: | | | | First human in space - Yuri Gagarin at age 88 |
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1962-1965: | | | | Vatican II from age 89 to age 92 |
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1962: | | | | Cuban missile crisis at age 89 |
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1963: | | | | Compact Cassette Recordings at age 90 |
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1963: | | | | 1st artificial heart at age 90 |
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1963-1968: | | | | Lyndon B Johnson president of US from age 90 to age 95 |
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1963: | | | | Pres. Kennedy Assassinated at age 90 |
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1964: | | | | US civil rights bill at age 91 |
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1964-1975: | | | | Vietnam War from age 91 until after line end |
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1965: | | | | Blacks riot in Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 92 |
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1965: | | | | 1st spacewalks (US, USSR) at age 92 |
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1966: | | | | 1st soft landings on moon (US, USSR) at age 93 |
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1966: | | | | 8-track tape players at age 93 |
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1967-1970: | | | | Nigerian civil war from age 94 to age 97 |
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1967: | | | | Physicist John Wheeler coins the term Black Hole at age 94 |
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1967: | | | | Marshall 1st black supreme court justice at age 94 |
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1967: | | | | 1st human heart transplant at age 94 |
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1967: | | | | Six day war: Israel-Arabs at age 94 |
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1968: | | | | Martin Luther King assassinated at age 95 |
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1968: | | | | Robert Kennedy assassinated at age 95 |
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1969: | | | | Woodstock Music Festival at age 96 |
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1969-1974: | | | | Richard M. Nixon president of US from age 96 until after line end |
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1969: | | | | Moon Landing - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at age 96 |
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1970: | |
1970: | |
1971: | | | | Pakistani civil war at age 98 |
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1971: | | | | Intel ships 1st uProcessor: the 4004 at age 98 |
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1973: | | | | October war (Israel-Arabic nations) at age 100 |
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1973: | |