Events in History
- Feb 25 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops
- Apr 28 First night air flight by Claude Grahame-White in England
- May 31 Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom
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Joy Adamson
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- Feb 3 Author James Weldon Johnson (38) weds civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson (24) at her family's home
- May 26 US General George S. Patton (24) weds Frederick Ayer's daughter Beatrice Ayer at Beverly Farms Episcopal Church near Boston, Massachusetts
- Dec 31 Editor Maxwell Perkins (26) weds Louise Saunders at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in North Plainfield, New Jersey
Mark Twain
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Florence Nightingale
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DNA Sheds Shocking New Light on Crippen Murder Case
A jury took 27 minutes to convict Dr Hawley Crippen of murdering his wife and burying her remains in his cellar. But shocking new DNA evidence later emerged.January 31Model T
The 1910 Model T FordApril 11The Quiet Passing of Halley’s Comet
Halley’s Comet has been skirting Earth over and over again for centuries and did so again on this day. Happily, the disasters predicted by some failed to happenMay 18Nine Kings in One Room
Nine sovereigns of Europe meet at the funeral of Edward VIIMay 20
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