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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 | 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 | 1932 | - 1932—1932: Sir Thomas Beecham established the London Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1932—1932: Cockroft and Walton accelerate particles to disintegrate an atomic nucleus
- 1932—1932: Moseley founds British Union of Fascists
- 1932—1932: Great Hunger March of unemployed to London
- 1932—1932: Polaroid photography invented by Edwin Herbert Land
- 1932—1932: The zoom lens and the light meter invented
- 1932—1932: Carl C. Magee invents the first parking meter
- 1932—1932: Karl Jansky invents the radio telescope
- 3 Feb 1932—2 Mar 1932: 20th Amendment passed by Congress
- 21 May 1932—21 May 1932: Amelia Earhart first solo nonstop flight across Atlantic by a female pilot
- 3 Oct 1932—3 Oct 1932: Iraq gains independence from Britain
- 3 Oct 1932—3 Oct 1932: 'The Times' introduces 'Times New Roman' typeface
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