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1873
Apr 19
| 1873 • 11 perish in a train derailment due to a bridge washout in the village of Richmond Switch (now Wood River Junction) in Richmond, Rhode Island. |
1894
Age: 20y
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marriageElla Lilla Medley Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting. |
1896
Apr 17
Age: 22y
birth of childMancil Layne Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1896 • The New York State Legislature passes the Raines Law, restricting Sunday alcoholic beverage sales to hotels. |
1900
Age: 26y
| 1900 • Two U.S. Navy cruisers are sent to Central America to protect American interests in a dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. |
1901
Age: 27y
birth of childLee Villis Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • Sigma Phi Epsilon is founded in Richmond, Virginia. |
1910
Age: 36y
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1918
Age: 44y
| 1918 • The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which later becomes the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. |
1920
Age: 46y
1930
Age: 56y
| 1930 • Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia. |
1937
Dec 1
Age: 64y
| 1937 • George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London publishes the first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. |