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 | 1898 | - 7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
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4 | 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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5 | 1912 | - 8 1912—2 Jan 1959: Alaska Territory Organized
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6 | 1929 | - 1929—1939: The Great Depression
Canada hit hardest by the depression
- 4 Mar 1929—4 Mar 1933: Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1929—4 Mar 1933: Herbert Hoover
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7 | 1930 | - 1930—1930: Youth Hostel Association (YHA) founded in Britain
- 1930—1930: First Nazis elected to the German Reichstag
- 1930—1930: Scotch tape patented by 3M engineer, Richard G. Drew
- 1930—1930: The frozen food process patented by Clarence Birdseye
- 1930—1930: Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs invents neoprene
- 1930—1930: The "differential analyzer", or analog computer invented by Vannevar Bush at MIT in Boston
- 1930—1930: Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain both invent a jet engine
- 30 Jan 1930—30 Jan 1930: Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
- 31 Jan 1930—31 Jan 1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape
- 6 Mar 1930—6 Mar 1930: Clarence Birdseye first marketed frozen peas
- 5 Oct 1930—5 Oct 1930: R101 airship disaster - British abandons airship construction
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