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From 1861 to 1917 he conducted a laundry business in Troy, N. Y., "a pioneer in the laundry world." Beginning with fifteen women hand workers, the business in 1917 had five depots and employed over three hundred men and women.
1832
Dec 4
| 1832 • Andre-Michel Guerry presents his Essay on moral statistics of France, to the French Academy of Sciences, a significant step in the founding of empirical social science. |
1855
Feb 5
Age: 22y
marriageHelen Briggs Hazen Ithaca, New York, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1855 • Lord Aberdeen resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom over the management of the Crimean War. |
1915
Jun 1
Age: 82y
| 1915 • Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. |
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Age: 93y
1927
Age: 93y
| 1927 • Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television. |