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Marguerite de Riquet, Comtesse de Chimay et de Caraman

29 Dec 1913 – 1 Sep 1990

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A life in time

  1. 29 Dec 1913

    Born

  2. 1 Sep 1990

    Dies, aged 76

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She lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1910s · Marguerite is born

Around the world1914

The Panama Canal opens

A canal across Panama joined the Atlantic and the Pacific, sparing ships the long voyage round Cape Horn.

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.Around the world · 1918–1920

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.

Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine · public domain
The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.Around the world · 1908–1927

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.

ModelTMitch · public domain
The Titanic sinks. The largest ship afloat struck an iceberg on her first voyage; more than 1,500 people died in the North Atlantic.Around the world · 1912

The Titanic sinks. The largest ship afloat struck an iceberg on her first voyage; more than 1,500 people died in the North Atlantic.

Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart · public domain