Ira B. Smith

Born:June 6th, 1885
Died:January 30th, 1899
Father:George B. Smith
Mother:Flora M. (Patchin) Smith
Occupations: ---
Children:None known

Ira B. Smith

1885 through 1899

1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1881-1885 Chester Arthur president of US
1881-1896 5th Cholera pandemic
  1885   Automobile
1885-1888 Grover Cleveland president of US
  1886   Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods)
  1887   X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!)
  1888   Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths
  1888   70...77 rpm musical records
  1889   Holerith invents the punch card
  1889   Washington enters the union - 42nd
1889-1892 Benjamin Harrison president of US
  1889   Montana enters the union - 41st
  1889   South Dakota enters the union - 40th
  1889   North Dakota enters the union - 39th
  1890   Idaho enters the union - 43rd
  1890   Wyoming enters the union - 44th
  1890   Battle of Wounded Knee
  1890   Oklahoma organized as a territory
  1891   Mormon prophesy of coming of lord by 1891 unfulfilled
  1893   New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote
1893-1896 Grover Cleveland president of US
1893-1897 US Financial panic, depression
  1893   Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!)
  1893   Movies
1894-1895 Chinese-Japanese war (1)
  1894   Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die
  1896   Utah enters the union - 45th
  1896   Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation
1897-1901 William McKinley president of US
  1898   Spanish American 1-year war
1899-1902 Boer war
1899-1923 6th Cholera pandemic