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John Burton (diplomat)
1915Mar, 2

John Burton (diplomat)

John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (d. 2010)
John Wear Burton (2 March 1915 – 23 June 2010) was an Australian public servant, High Commissioner and academic.

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    Women's suffrage

    The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • 28Jan

    United States Coast Guard

    An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • 18Mar

    Battle of Gallipoli

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  • 20Mar

    General relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • 17May

    Herbert Henry Asquith

    The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.