1830-1860: |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 3 |
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1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 44 |
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1852-1859: |  |  |  | 3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 2 |
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1857: |  |  |  | Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 0 |
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1857-1866: |  |  |  | Transatlantic cable laid from age 0 to age 9 |
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1857-1860: |  |  |  | James Buchanan president of US from age 0 to age 3 |
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1858: |  |  |  | India bill transfers government of India to England at age 1 |
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1858: |  |  |  | Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 1 |
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1859: |  |  |  | Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 2 |
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1859: |  |  |  | Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 2 |
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1859: | |
1860: |  |  |  | Rifled barrel invented at age 3 |
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1860: |  |  |  | South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 3 |
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1861: |  |  |  | South Dakota organized as a territory at age 4 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Gold rush in New Zealand at age 4 |
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1861: |  |  |  | North Dakota organized as a territory at age 4 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Nevada organized as a territory at age 4 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 4 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 4 to age 8 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Civil War from age 4 to age 8 |
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1861-1865: |  |  |  | Confederate States of America Exist from age 4 to age 8 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Colorado organized as a territory at age 4 |
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1861: |  |  |  | Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 4 |
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1861: |  |  |  | The Apache Declare War on the US at age 4 |
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1862: |  |  |  | US Homestead act at age 5 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Battle of Gettysburg at age 6 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 6 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Arizona organized as a territory at age 6 |
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1863: |  |  |  | West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 6 |
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1863: |  |  |  | Idaho organized as a territory at age 6 |
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1863-1879: |  |  |  | 4th Cholera pandemic from age 6 to age 22 |
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1864: |  |  |  | Louisiana organized as a territory at age 7 |
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1864: |  |  |  | Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 7 |
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1865: |  |  |  | President Lincoln assassinated at age 8 |
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1865: |  |  |  | Lister invents Disinfection at age 8 |
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1865: |  |  |  | Ku Klux Klan founded at age 8 |
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1866: |  |  |  | Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 9 |
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1866-1868: |  |  |  | Andrew Johnson president of US from age 9 to age 11 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Alaska purchased from Russia at age 10 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 10 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 10 |
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1867: |  |  |  | Confederation of Canada at age 10 |
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1868-1878: |  |  |  | War between Cuba and Spain from age 11 to age 21 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Cutty Sark built at age 12 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 12 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Trans-continental railroad completed at age 12 |
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1869: |  |  |  | Suez canal opened at age 12 |
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1869-1876: |  |  |  | Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 12 to age 19 |
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1870: |  |  |  | 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 13 |
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1870: |  |  |  | US black men can vote at age 13 |
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1870-1871: |  |  |  | Franco-Prussian war from age 13 to age 14 |
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1871: |  |  |  | Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 14 |
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1873-1878: |  |  |  | Depression, banks fail from age 16 to age 21 |
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1873: |  |  |  | Color Photographs at age 16 |
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1876: |  |  |  | American Centennial at age 19 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 19 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 19 |
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1876: |  |  |  | Little Big Horn - Battle at age 19 |
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1877-1880: |  |  |  | Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 20 to age 23 |
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1877: |  |  |  | Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 20 |
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1878: |  |  |  | 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 21 |
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1879: |  |  |  | Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 22 |
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1881: |  |  |  | James A Garfield president of US at age 24 |
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1881: |  |  |  | President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 24 |
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1881-1896: |  |  |  | 5th Cholera pandemic from age 24 to age 39 |
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1881-1885: |  |  |  | Chester Arthur president of US from age 24 to age 28 |
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1885-1888: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 28 to age 31 |
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1886: |  |  |  | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 29 |
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1887: |  |  |  | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 30 |
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1888: |  |  |  | 70...77 rpm musical records at age 31 |
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1888: |  |  |  | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 31 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Holerith invents the punch card at age 32 |
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1889-1892: |  |  |  | Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 32 to age 35 |
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1889: |  |  |  | South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 32 |
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1889: |  |  |  | North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 32 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Montana enters the union - 41st at age 32 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 32 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 33 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Battle of Wounded Knee at age 33 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 33 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 33 |
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1891: |  |  |  | Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 34 |
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1893: |  |  |  | Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 36 |
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1893: |  |  |  | New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 36 |
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1893-1897: |  |  |  | US Financial panic, depression from age 36 to age 40 |
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1893-1896: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 36 to age 39 |
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1894-1895: |  |  |  | Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 37 to age 38 |
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1894: |  |  |  | Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 37 |
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1896: |  |  |  | Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 39 |
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1896: |  |  |  | Utah enters the union - 45th at age 39 |
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1897-1901: |  |  |  | William McKinley president of US from age 40 to age 44 |
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1898: |  |  |  | Spanish American 1-year war at age 41 |
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1899-1902: |  |  |  | Boer war from age 42 to age 45 |
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1899-1923: |  |  |  | 6th Cholera pandemic from age 42 to age 66 |
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1900: |  |  |  | Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 43 |
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1900: |  |  |  | Hawaii organized as a territory at age 43 |
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1900: |  |  |  | Boxer rebellion in China at age 43 |
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1901: |  |  |  | US President William McKinley assassinated at age 44 |
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1901-1910: |  |  |  | Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 44 to age 53 |
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1901: |  |  |  | First British submarine launched at age 44 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 44 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 44 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 44 |
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1901-1908: |  |  |  | Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 44 to age 51 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 44 |
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1903: |  |  |  | Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 46 |
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1904-1905: |  |  |  | Russian-Japanese war from age 47 to age 48 |
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1907: |  |  |  | Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 50 |
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1908: |  |  |  | Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 51 |
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1909: |  |  |  | North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 52 |
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1909-1912: |  |  |  | William Howard Taft president of US from age 52 to age 55 |
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1909: |  |  |  | Union of South Africa formed at age 52 |
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1910-1936: |  |  |  | Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 53 until after line end |
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1910: |  |  |  | Japan annexes Korea at age 53 |
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1911: |  |  |  | South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 54 |
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1912: |  |  |  | Alaska organized as a territory at age 55 |
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1912: |  |  |  | Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 55 |
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1912: |  |  |  | New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 55 |
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1913-1920: |  |  |  | Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 56 to age 63 |
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1914-1919: |  |  |  | World War I from age 57 to age 62 |
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1915: |  |  |  | Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 58 |
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1916: |  |  |  | Irish Easter Rebellion at age 59 |
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1917: |  |  |  | Russian revolution at age 60 |
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1918-1920: |  |  |  | Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 61 to age 63 |
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1918-1933: |  |  |  | Prohibition from age 61 until after line end |
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1919: |  |  |  | League of Nations instantiated at age 62 |
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1919: |  |  |  | Shortwave Radio at age 62 |
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1920: |  |  |  | Palestine established at age 63 |
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1920: |  |  |  | Women receive right to vote in USA at age 63 |
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1920-1929: |  |  |  | Roaring 20's from age 63 until after line end |
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1921-1924: |  |  |  | Warren G Harding president of US from age 64 to age 67 |
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1922: |  |  |  | Insulin made available to diabetics at age 65 |
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1925-1928: |  |  |  | Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 68 until after line end |
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1925: |  |  |  | Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 68 |
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1926: |  |  |  | Sound in Movies at age 69 |
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