| 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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