1837-1901: | | | | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 32 |
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1863-1879: | | | | 4th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 10 |
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1868-1878: | | | | War between Cuba and Spain from before birth until age 9 |
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1869: | | | | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 0 |
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1869: | | | | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 0 |
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1869-1876: | | | | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 0 to age 7 |
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1869: | | | | Cutty Sark built at age 0 |
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1869: | | | | Suez canal opened at age 0 |
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1870: | | | | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 1 |
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1870: | | | | US black men can vote at age 1 |
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1870-1871: | | | | Franco-Prussian war from age 1 to age 2 |
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1871: | | | | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 2 |
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1873: | | | | Color Photographs at age 4 |
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1873-1878: | | | | Depression, banks fail from age 4 to age 9 |
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1876: | | | | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 7 |
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1876: | | | | American Centennial at age 7 |
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1876: | | | | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 7 |
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1876: | | | | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 7 |
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1877-1880: | | | | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 8 to age 11 |
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1877: | | | | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 8 |
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1878: | | | | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 9 |
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1879: | |
1879: | | | | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 10 |
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1881: | | | | James A Garfield president of US at age 12 |
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1881-1885: | | | | Chester Arthur president of US from age 12 to age 16 |
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1881-1896: | | | | 5th Cholera pandemic from age 12 to age 27 |
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1881: | | | | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 12 |
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1885-1888: | | | | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 16 to age 19 |
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1886: | | | | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 17 |
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1887: | | | | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 18 |
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1888: | | | | 70...77 rpm musical records at age 19 |
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1888: | | | | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 19 |
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1889-1892: | | | | Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 20 to age 23 |
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1889: | | | | Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 20 |
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1889: | | | | North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 20 |
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1889: | | | | Montana enters the union - 41st at age 20 |
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1889: | | | | Holerith invents the punch card at age 20 |
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1889: | | | | South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 20 |
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1890: | | | | Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 21 |
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1890: | | | | Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 21 |
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1890: | | | | Battle of Wounded Knee at age 21 |
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1890: | | | | Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 21 |
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1891: | | | | Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 22 |
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1893: | |
1893-1897: | | | | US Financial panic, depression from age 24 to age 28 |
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1893: | | | | Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 24 |
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1893-1896: | | | | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 24 to age 27 |
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1893: | | | | New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 24 |
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1894: | | | | Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 25 |
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1894-1895: | | | | Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 25 to age 26 |
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1896: | | | | Utah enters the union - 45th at age 27 |
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1896: | | | | Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 27 |
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1897-1901: | | | | William McKinley president of US from age 28 to age 32 |
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1898: | | | | Spanish American 1-year war at age 29 |
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1899-1902: | | | | Boer war from age 30 to age 33 |
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1899-1923: | | | | 6th Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 54 |
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1900: | | | | Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 31 |
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1900: | | | | Boxer rebellion in China at age 31 |
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1900: | | | | Hawaii organized as a territory at age 31 |
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1901: | | | | Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 32 |
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1901-1908: | | | | Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 32 to age 39 |
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1901-1910: | | | | Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 32 to age 41 |
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1901: | | | | Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 32 |
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1901: | | | | US President William McKinley assassinated at age 32 |
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1901: | | | | Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 32 |
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1901: | | | | Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 32 |
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1901: | | | | First British submarine launched at age 32 |
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1903: | |
1903: | | | | Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 34 |
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1904-1905: | | | | Russian-Japanese war from age 35 to age 36 |
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1907: | | | | Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 38 |
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1908: | | | | Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 39 |
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1909: | | | | Union of South Africa formed at age 40 |
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1909: | | | | North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 40 |
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1909-1912: | | | | William Howard Taft president of US from age 40 to age 43 |
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1910: | | | | Japan annexes Korea at age 41 |
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1910-1936: | | | | Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 41 until after line end |
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1911: | | | | South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 42 |
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1912: | | | | Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 43 |
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1912: | | | | New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 43 |
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1912: | | | | Alaska organized as a territory at age 43 |
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1913-1920: | | | | Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 44 to age 51 |
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1914: | |
1914-1919: | | | | World War I from age 45 to age 50 |
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1915: | | | | Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 46 |
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1916: | |
1916: | | | | Irish Easter Rebellion at age 47 |
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1917: | |
1917: | | | | Russian revolution at age 48 |
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1918-1920: | | | | Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 49 to age 51 |
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1918-1933: | | | | Prohibition from age 49 until after line end |
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1919: | | | | Shortwave Radio at age 50 |
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1919: | | | | League of Nations instantiated at age 50 |
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1920-1929: | | | | Roaring 20's from age 51 to age 60 |
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1920: | | | | Women receive right to vote in USA at age 51 |
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1920: | | | | Palestine established at age 51 |
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1921-1924: | | | | Warren G Harding president of US from age 52 to age 55 |
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1922: | | | | Insulin made available to diabetics at age 53 |
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1925-1928: | | | | Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 56 to age 59 |
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1925: | | | | Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 56 |
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1926: | | | | Sound in Movies at age 57 |
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1927: | | | | Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 58 |
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1927: | | | | 1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 58 |
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1928: | | | | Video Recordings at age 59 |
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1928: | | | | Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 59 |
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1929: | | | | Stock Market Crash at age 60 |
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1929-1939: | | | | Great Depression from age 60 until after line end |
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1929-1932: | | | | Herbert Hoover president of US from age 60 until after line end |
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1930: | | | | Pluto Discovered at age 61 |
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1931-1933: | | | | Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 62 until after line end |
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