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1849
Oct 1
| 1849 • The United States Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins. |
1850
Sep 24
Age: 11m
| 1850 • The ships of the McClure Arctic Expedition set sail from Plymouth. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Massachusetts, strike successfully for higher wages. The strike spreads throughout New England and eventually involves 20,000 workers. |
1870
Age: 20y
| 1870 • Antonio Guzmán Blanco begins his first term as President of Venezuela. |
1874
Age: 24y
marriageGeorge W Farlow |
| 1874 • Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward patent the first incandescent lamp with an electric light bulb. |
1875
Age: 25y
birth of childMargaretta Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1875 • Two American colleges play each other in arguably the first game of College Football:Smith, R.A. "Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics", New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Tufts University and Harvard University at Jarvis Field in Cambridge, Mass.. |
1878
May
Age: 28y
birth of childAlfred Homer Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. |
1900
Age: 50y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1930
Age: 80y
| 1930 • The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
1938
Jan 29
Age: 88y
| 1938 • The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |