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1856
Mar 24
| 1856 • Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) is chartered. |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 21y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The Stawell Gift is run for the first time. |
1880
Age: 23y
| 1880 • Wabash, Indiana becomes the first electrically lit city in the world. |
1882
Age: 25y
| 1882 • Zulu king Cetshwayo returns to South Africa. |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 30y
| 1886 • In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade. |
1889
May 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childAlta Verlee Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1889 • A total eclipse is seen over parts of California and Nevada. |
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Age: 34y
1891
Age: 34y
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birth of childAda Edith Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Pope Leo XIII issues the encyclical Rerum Novarum, resulting in the creation of many Christian Democrat Parties throughout Europe. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • The Manchester Ship Canal and Docks are opened by Queen Victoria, linking the previously landlocked English industrial city of Manchester to the Irish Sea. |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 40y
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birth of childHollis L Pile 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • Foundation of Čekan Mekenroff 1897 football club in Pozsony in the Kingdom of Hungary. |
1941
Jul 16
Age: 85y
| 1941 • In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |