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1867
May
| 1867 • Queen's Park F.C., the oldest Association football league team in Scotland, is founded. |
1870
Age: 2y
| 1870 • Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. |
1888
Oct 16
Age: 21y
marriageKatherine Schmidt Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1888 • Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor. 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors. As Kaiser, only ″taking office″ in a ceremony, no coronation |
1889
Sep 2
Age: 22y
birth of childGeorge Mathew Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1889 • Frederick Abel invents cordite. |
1893
May 17
Age: 26y
birth of childElizabeth Helen Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1893 • The Athletic Club Královské Vinohrady, later Sparta Prague, is founded. |
1910
Age: 42y
| 1910 • African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. |
1947
Apr 16
Age: 79y
| 1947 • John C. Hennessy, Jr., brings the first Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle was shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.Copies of the bill of sale as well as the shipping documents and a letter from the Port of New York confirming the arrival of the VW can be found in Hennessy’s book The Bride and the Beetle. |