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Thumb
1984
Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates
1983
Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
1979
Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb
1967
June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36
1936
Bill Wyman, England, rocker, Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb
1889
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb"
1883
Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44
1883
Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
1863
P. T. Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York City)
1838
Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb], famous short person
1830
1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill
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