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1856
May 20
| 1856 • Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Norfolk Island to the population of the colony at Pitcairn Island, most being descendants of the Mutiny on the Bounty. They first settle on Norfolk Island on June 8. |
1877
Jan 20
Age: 20y
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birth of childMinnie Belle Thornton Cassville, Barry, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1877 • Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878: The first battle in the Siege of Plevna is fought. |
1878
Feb 14
Age: 21y
marriageJohn Franklin Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • The world's first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. |
1878
Oct 11
Age: 22y
birth of childLillian Mae Thornton Sequoia County, Oklahoma Territory, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside. |
1940
Sep 24
Age: 84y
| 1940 • The Balham subway station disaster in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain. |