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Ethel Louisa Birnie (1869 - 1949)
Ethel Louisa Birnie was born in 1869. She was born to Birnie William Francis Birnie and Ann Collier Birnie, and we currently have no other siblings in her family tree. She died in 1949 in Wgul, Australia at age 80.
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Ethel Louisa Birnie
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Ethel Birnie died in in Wgul, Australia
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Ethel Louisa Birnie passed away in 1949 in Wgul, Australia at age 80. She was born in 1869. She was born to Birnie William Francis Birnie and Ann Collier Birnie, and we currently have no other siblings in her family tree.
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1869 - 1949 World Events
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In 1869, in the year that Ethel Louisa Birnie was born, on February 5th, prospectors in Victoria, Australia, discovered the biggest loose gold nugget ever found. Known as the "Welcome Stranger", it was discovered only 1.2 inches below ground and weighed a whopping 214.1 lbs. It would be worth over $4 million today.
In 1878, she was just 9 years old when on June 15th, photographer Eadweard Muybridge - at the request of Leland Stanford - produced the first sequence of stop-motion still photographs. Stanford contended that a galloping horse had all four feet off the ground. Only photos of a horse at a gallop would settle the question and, using 12 cameras and a series of photos, Muybridge settled the question: Stanford was right. Muybridge's use of several cameras and stills led to motion pictures.
In 1898, when she was 29 years old, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
In 1923, Ethel was 54 years old when on November 8th and 9th, Adolf Hitler and his followers (the early Nazi party) staged the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich in an attempt to take over Bavaria (a state in Germany). They failed. Hitler was charged with treason and convicted, receiving a sentence of 5 years. He served under 1 year in jail.
In 1949, in the year of Ethel Louisa Birnie's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.
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