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Joseph John Thomson was born
Born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. -
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JJ Thomson's Life
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Minnesota becomes a state
which later produced Joe Mauer -
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Admitted to Owens College
He was only 14 years old at the time. -
Became Cavendish Professor of Physics
One of his students was Ernest Rutherford -
Spanish - American War begins
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The Rose Bowl game was played
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Won Nobel Prize in Physics
For recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases. he was credited with discovering the electrons and isotopes. he also invented the mass spectrometer. -
Boy Scouts established
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Prohibition begins
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Women granted the right to vote
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Pluto was discovered
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JJ Thomson Died
He was buried in Westminster Abbey near Sir Isaac Newton.
