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Horace Blish Steele 8 [m]
8th Generation

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Born October 27th, 1844 No Image On File
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Father [495_sa]Horace Steele 7 No Image On File
Mother [495]Lydia (Blish) Steele 7 No Image On File

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Lydia (Blish) SteeleJudge Zenas BlishBenjamin BlishBenjamin Blish
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Personalized History Timeline, 1844 to 1944
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 7
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 16
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 57
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from before birth until age 0
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 0
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 1
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 1 to age 4
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 1
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 1 to age 5
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 2 to age 4
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 2
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 4 to age 12
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 4
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 4
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 4
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 5
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 5 to age 8
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 6
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 6
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 6
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 6
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 6
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 7
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 8 to age 15
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 9 to age 12
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 9
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 10
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 10
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 10 to age 12
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 13 to age 16
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 13
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 13 to age 22
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 14
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 14
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 15
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 15
1859:
Oil Well at age 15
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 16
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 16
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 17
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 17
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 17 to age 21
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 17
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 17
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 17
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 17 to age 21
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 17
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 17
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 17
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 17 to age 21
1862:
US Homestead act at age 18
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 19
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 19
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 35
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 19
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 19
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 19
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 20
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 20
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 21
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 21
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 21
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 22
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 22 to age 24
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 23
1867:
Dynamite at age 23
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 23
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 23
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 23
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 24 to age 34
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 25 to age 32
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 25
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 25
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 25
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 25
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 26
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 26 to age 27
1870:
US black men can vote at age 26
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 27
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 29 to age 34
1873:
Color Photographs at age 29
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 32
1876:
American Centennial at age 32
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 32
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 32
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 33
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 33 to age 36
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 34
1879:
Zulu war at age 35
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 35
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 37 to age 41
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 37
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 37
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 37 to age 52
1884:
1st subway at age 40
1884:
Motorcycle at age 40
1885:
Automobile at age 41
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 41 to age 44
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 42
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 43
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 44
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 44
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 45
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 45
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 45
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 45
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 45
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 45 to age 48
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 46
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 46
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 46
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 46
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 47
1893:
Movies at age 49
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 49
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 49 to age 52
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 49 to age 53
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 49
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 50 to age 51
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 50
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 52
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 52
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 53 to age 57
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 54
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 55 to age 79
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 55 to age 58
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 56
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 56
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 56
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 57 to age 64
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 57
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 57
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 57
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 57 to age 66
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 57
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 57
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 57
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 59
1903:
Airplane at age 59
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 60 to age 61
1904:
Radar at age 60
1907:
Plastic at age 63
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 63
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 64
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 65 to age 68
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 65
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 65
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 66 to age 92
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 66
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 66
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 67
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 68
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 68
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 68
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 68
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 69 to age 76
1914-1919:
World War I from age 70 to age 75
1914:
The Bra at age 70
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 71
1916:
Sonar at age 72
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 72
1917:
Russian revolution at age 73
1917:
US enters WWI at age 73
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 74 to age 76
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 74 to age 89
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 75
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 75
1920:
Palestine established at age 76
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 76
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 76 to age 85
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 77 to age 80
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 78
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 81 to age 84
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 81
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 82
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 83
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 83
1928:
Video Recordings at age 84
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 84
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 84
1928:
Television at age 84
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 85 to age 95
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 85
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 85 to age 88
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 86
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 87 to age 89
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 89
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 89
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 89 until after line end
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 89
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 90
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 91 to age 92
1935:
Dustbowl at age 91
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 92
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 92 until after line end
1936:
Helicopter at age 92
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 92
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 93
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 93 until after line end
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 94
1939-1945:
World War II from age 95 until after line end
1939:
Digital Computer at age 95
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 95
1940:
Color Television at age 96
1940:
1st black general in US army at age 96
1941-1945:
Manhattan Project from age 97 until after line end
1942:
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 98
1942:
Nuclear Reactor at age 98

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