What generation is 1884? Lost Generation

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About the Generation (1884)

The Lost Generation (1883-1900): Grew up in the shadow of World War I, known for their disillusionment with societal norms and contributions to modernist literature and art.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1884

  • Eleanor Roosevelt (Oct 11, 1884)
  • Harry S. Truman ( 8, 1884)
  • Hideki Tojo (Dec 30, 1884)
  • Charles White Whittlesey (Jan 20, 1884)
  • Billie Burke (Aug 7, 1884)
  • Jack Lewis (Feb 14, 1884)
  • Texas Guinan (Jan 12, 1884)
  • Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Feb 12, 1884)
  • Leo Frank (Apr 17, 1884)
  • Evelyn Nesbit (Dec 25, 1884)

What Happened in 1884

  1. Feb 1 - 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
  2. Mar 13 - Siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins by Mahdist forces, lasts 10 months
  3. Jul 3 - Dow Jones publishes its 1st stock index, the Dow Jones Transportation Average
  4. Sep 23 - American Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine, the beginning of data processing
  5. Oct 13 - Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude
  6. Oct 14 - George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
  7. Oct 22 - International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian
  8. Nov 15 - European Colonization and trade in Africa is officially regulated at the international Berlin Conference, formalizing European powers "Scramble for Africa"

Who Was US President 1884

Chester A. Arthur
1883 1885