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1865
Aug 24
| 1865 • Battle of Riachuelo: The Brazilian Navy squadron defeats the Paraguayan Navy. |
about
Age: 26y
1892
Age: 26y
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marriageMinnie Maude Adams Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1892 • In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. |
1892
Oct
Age: 27y
birth of childIda M Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • Master criminal Adam Worth is captured in Liège, Belgium during an attempted robbery of a money delivery cart. |
1895
Mar
Age: 29y
birth of childEva Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1895 • The town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, is incorporated. |
1897
Sep
Age: 32y
birth of childThomas Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1897 • The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle. |
1900
Age: 34y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1900
Jan 5
Age: 34y
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birth of childWinnie Alice Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army. |
1910
Age: 44y
1940
Age: 74y
| 1940 • Brisbane, Australia swelters through its hottest day ever, 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 Fahrenheit). |
1951
Jan 5
Age: 85y
| 1951 • MGM's Technicolor film version of Show Boat, starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The musical brings overnight fame to bass-baritone William Warfield (who sings Ol' Man River in the film). |