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Date |
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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1832 | - 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
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| 3 | 1850 | - 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
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| 4 | 1863 | - 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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| 5 | 1898 | - 7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
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| 6 | 1909 | |
| 7 | 1910 | - 5 Jun 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V
House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
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| 8 | 1911 | - 1911—1911: Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers (1911-1912)
- 1911—1911: Rutherford: theory of atomic structures
- 1911—1911: First British Official Secrets Act
- 1911—1911: British MPs receive a salary
- 1911—1911: Parliament Act in Britain reduces the power of the House of Lords
- 1911—1911: Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system
- 6 Jan 1911—1 Jun 1911: Census of Canada
Census of 9 Provinces and 2 Territories counts 7,206,643 individuals
- 2 Apr 1911—2 Apr 1911: Census: Population - England and Wales: 36 Million; Scotland: 4.6 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million
- 22 Jun 1911—22 Jun 1911: Coronation of George V
- 14 Dec 1911—14 Dec 1911: National Insurance introduced in Britain
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| 9 | 1912 | - 1912—1912: Britain nationalises the telephone system
- 1912—1912: Discovery of the 'Piltdown Man' - hoax, exposed in 1953
- 1912—1912: Irish Home Rule crisis grows in Britain
- 1912—1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras
- 1912—1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole
- 1912—1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912
- 18 Jan 1912—18 Jan 1912: Captain Scott's last expedition - he and his team reach the south pole on Jan
18th; all die on the way back, their bodies found in November
- 14 Apr 1912—14 Apr 1912: The 'unsinkable' Titanic sinks on maiden voyage - loss of 1,513 lives
- 13 May 1912—13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF) founded in Britain
- 1 Jun 1912—6 Jan 1912: New Mexico
47th State
- 5 1912—13 May 1912: 17th Amendment passed by Congress
- 2 1912—14 Feb 1912: Arizona
48th State
- 8 1912—2 Jan 1959: Alaska Territory Organized
- 6 1912—30 Jun 1912: Saskatchewan tornado
The worst tornado in Canadian history claims 28 lives in Regina
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1911 - 1912 (0 years)
William Howard Taft U.S. Presidency