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1852
Sep 10
| 1852 • United States statesman Henry Clay was the first to receive the honor of lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda. |
1860
Age: 7y
| 1860 • Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Scandinavian immigrants.The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862 and eventually splits into a Swedish college in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875 and a Norwegian college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1918. |
1870
Age: 17y
| 1870 • First Vatican Council adjourned. |
1900
Age: 47y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1908
May 29
Age: 55y
| 1908 • Start of publication of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys in London. The book will over time sell over 100 million copies and effectively begin the worldwide Boy Scout movement. |