| 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 2 | 
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  | 1868-1878: | |  |  |  | War between Cuba and Spain  from before birth until age 1 | 
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  | 1873-1878: | |  |  |  | Depression, banks fail  from before birth until age 1 | 
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  | 1877: | |  |  |  | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings  at age 0 | 
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  | 1877-1880: | |  |  |  | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US  from age 0 to age  3 | 
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  | 1878: | |  |  |  | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US  at age 1 | 
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  | 1879: | |  |  |  | Electric Light Bulb (Edison)  at age 2 | 
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  | 1881: | |  |  |  | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care)  at age 4 | 
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  | 1881: | |  |  |  | James A Garfield president of US  at age 4 | 
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  | 1881-1885: | |  |  |  | Chester Arthur president of US  from age 4 to age  8 | 
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  | 1881-1896: | |  |  |  | 5th Cholera pandemic  from age 4 until after line end | 
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  | 1885-1888: | |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US  from age 8 to age  11 | 
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  | 1886: | |  |  |  | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods)  at age 9 | 
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  | 1887: | |  |  |  | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!)  at age 10 | 
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  | 1888: | |  |  |  | 70...77 rpm musical records  at age 11 | 
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  | 1888: | |  |  |  | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths  at age 11 | 
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  | 1889: | |  |  |  | Washington enters the union - 42nd  at age 12 | 
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  | 1889-1892: | |  |  |  | Benjamin Harrison president of US  from age 12 until after line end | 
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  | 1889: | |  |  |  | Holerith invents the punch card  at age 12 | 
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  | 1889: | |  |  |  | South Dakota enters the union - 40th  at age 12 | 
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  | 1889: | |  |  |  | North Dakota enters the union - 39th  at age 12 | 
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  | 1889: | |  |  |  | Montana enters the union - 41st  at age 12 | 
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  | 1890: | |  |  |  | Battle of Wounded Knee  at age 13 | 
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  | 1890: | |  |  |  | Oklahoma organized as a territory  at age 13 | 
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  | 1890: | |  |  |  | Idaho enters the union - 43rd  at age 13 | 
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  | 1890: | |  |  |  | Wyoming enters the union - 44th  at age 13 | 
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  | 1891: | |  |  |  | Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled  at age 14 | 
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