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Maud Wiley is born in Caroll, Ohio.
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Frank Acton is born early in the morning in Amanda, Ohio.
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Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company, helping to begin to connect people all over the country
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In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported; they are 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
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Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants coming across the ocean from European countries.
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Married at the Wiley residence by Reverend Arthur F. Richardson
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King Alexander and his wife are shot both shot by conspirators.
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Albert Einstein proposes his Theory of Relativity regarding gravitational phenomena in the universe.
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Frank Acton and his wife move to a larger home on East Fifth Avenue in Lancaster, Ohio.
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The Titantic, originally labeled as unsinkable, hit an iceberg and sinks within a matter of hours. Due to the lack of sufficient lifeboats and vests, the death toll is over 1,500 passengers and crewmen.
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Joseph Acton is born in Lancaster, Ohio at 11:45 pm.
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Due to an asassination in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist, Austria declares war on Serbia. This pulls Germany, Russia, France, Britain and Germany into the conflict, among numerous other countries.
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Rita Lally is born in Somerset, Perry, Ohio.
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By declaring alcohol illegal, the United States sends an open invitation to mob violence, speak-easies and boot-legging.
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The first volume of Adolf Hitler's autobiography is published.
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Pluto is discovered by astronomers and is dubbed the ninth planet.
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Japan launches an air attack on Hawaii early Sunday morning, killing 2,402 Americans and thus bringing the United States into World War 2.
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They were married in Somerset, Perry, Ohio at the Holy Trinity Church by Reverend Father McCaffery.
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When Communist North Korea invades neutral South Korea, conflict erupts.
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Dean Tennison was born to Deanna and Wayne Tennison in Paragold, Arkansas.
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Linda Acton is born at 9:06 pm at Lancaster Hospital. This is the same time the Sixth Street Bridge collapsed, just a few seconds away.
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At Kent State University, four students are gunned down by the National Guard near a protest held on the campus regarding the Vietnam War.
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President Richard Nixon makes a statement saying he plans to resign the following day, being the first president ever to do so. This comes after the announcement of the Watergate Scandal, involving the president.
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The first Star Wars movie hits the theatres and will go on to become a top-grossing film.
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Soviet Leader Mikail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan meet to discuss Soviet reform and nuclear diarmament.
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Dean Tennison marries Linda Acton in Westerville, Ohio.
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I was born at 1:09 a.m. at Saint Mary's in Westerville, Ohio.
