1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 19 |
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1881-1885: |  |  |  | Chester Arthur president of US from before birth until age 3 |
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1881-1896: |  |  |  | 5th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 14 |
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1885-1888: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 3 to age 6 |
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1886: |  |  |  | Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 4 |
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1887: |  |  |  | X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 5 |
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1888: |  |  |  | 70...77 rpm musical records at age 6 |
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1888: |  |  |  | Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 6 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Holerith invents the punch card at age 7 |
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1889-1892: |  |  |  | Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 7 to age 10 |
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1889: |  |  |  | North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 7 |
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1889: |  |  |  | South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 7 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Montana enters the union - 41st at age 7 |
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1889: |  |  |  | Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 7 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Battle of Wounded Knee at age 8 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 8 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 8 |
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1890: |  |  |  | Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 8 |
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1891: |  |  |  | Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 9 |
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1893-1896: |  |  |  | Grover Cleveland president of US from age 11 to age 14 |
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1893: |  |  |  | Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 11 |
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1893-1897: |  |  |  | US Financial panic, depression from age 11 to age 15 |
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1893: |  |  |  | New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 11 |
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1894-1895: |  |  |  | Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 12 to age 13 |
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1894: |  |  |  | Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 12 |
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1896: |  |  |  | Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 14 |
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1896: |  |  |  | Utah enters the union - 45th at age 14 |
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1897-1901: |  |  |  | William McKinley president of US from age 15 to age 19 |
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1898: |  |  |  | Spanish American 1-year war at age 16 |
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1899-1902: |  |  |  | Boer war from age 17 to age 20 |
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1899-1923: |  |  |  | 6th Cholera pandemic from age 17 to age 41 |
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1900: |  |  |  | Boxer rebellion in China at age 18 |
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1900: |  |  |  | Hawaii organized as a territory at age 18 |
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1900: |  |  |  | Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 18 |
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1901-1910: |  |  |  | Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 19 to age 28 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 19 |
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1901-1908: |  |  |  | Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 19 to age 26 |
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1901: |  |  |  | US President William McKinley assassinated at age 19 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 19 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 19 |
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1901: |  |  |  | Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 19 |
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1901: |  |  |  | First British submarine launched at age 19 |
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1903: |  |  |  | Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 21 |
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1904-1905: |  |  |  | Russian-Japanese war from age 22 to age 23 |
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1907: |  |  |  | Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 25 |
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1908: |  |  |  | Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 26 |
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1909-1912: |  |  |  | William Howard Taft president of US from age 27 to age 30 |
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1909: |  |  |  | Union of South Africa formed at age 27 |
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1909: |  |  |  | North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 27 |
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1910-1936: |  |  |  | Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 28 until after line end |
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1910: |  |  |  | Japan annexes Korea at age 28 |
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1911: |  |  |  | South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 29 |
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1912: |  |  |  | Alaska organized as a territory at age 30 |
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1912: |  |  |  | Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 30 |
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1912: |  |  |  | New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 30 |
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1913-1920: |  |  |  | Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 31 to age 38 |
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1914-1919: |  |  |  | World War I from age 32 to age 37 |
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1915: |  |  |  | Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 33 |
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1916: | |
1916: |  |  |  | Irish Easter Rebellion at age 34 |
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1917: | |
1917: |  |  |  | Russian revolution at age 35 |
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1918-1920: |  |  |  | Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 36 to age 38 |
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1918-1933: |  |  |  | Prohibition from age 36 to age 51 |
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1919: |  |  |  | Shortwave Radio at age 37 |
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1919: |  |  |  | League of Nations instantiated at age 37 |
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1920: |  |  |  | Women receive right to vote in USA at age 38 |
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1920-1929: |  |  |  | Roaring 20's from age 38 to age 47 |
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1920: |  |  |  | Palestine established at age 38 |
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1921-1924: |  |  |  | Warren G Harding president of US from age 39 to age 42 |
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1922: |  |  |  | Insulin made available to diabetics at age 40 |
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1925: |  |  |  | Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 43 |
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1925-1928: |  |  |  | Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 43 to age 46 |
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1926: |  |  |  | Sound in Movies at age 44 |
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1927: |  |  |  | Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 45 |
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1927: |  |  |  | 1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 45 |
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1928: |  |  |  | Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 46 |
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1928: |  |  |  | Video Recordings at age 46 |
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1929-1939: |  |  |  | Great Depression from age 47 until after line end |
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1929-1932: |  |  |  | Herbert Hoover president of US from age 47 to age 50 |
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1929: |  |  |  | Stock Market Crash at age 47 |
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1930: |  |  |  | Pluto Discovered at age 48 |
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1931-1933: |  |  |  | Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 49 to age 51 |
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1933: |  |  |  | Radio Astronomy at age 51 |
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1933: |  |  |  | Soviet communist party purge at age 51 |
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1933-1945: |  |  |  | Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 51 until after line end |
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1933: |  |  |  | Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 51 |
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1934: |  |  |  | Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 52 |
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