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1854
Apr 10
| 1854 • Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale University is the first person to fractionate petroleum into its individual components by distillation. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 6y
| 1860 • September 5 – The First International Chemistry Congress is held in Karlsruhe, Baden. |
1870
Age: 15y
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
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marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Sack of Cuenca (Third Carlist War): After Carlist forces successfully defended Estella, Don Alfonso de Bourbon, brother of the Don Carlos VII, led 14,000 Catalan Carlists south to attack Cuenca 136 km from Madrid, held by Republicans under Don Hilario Lozano. After two days the outnumbered garrison capitulated but Don Alfonso permitted a terrible slaughter. The city is sacked. Subsequently another republican force defeats the disorderly Catalans who flee back to the Ebro. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • 10-year Nauruan Tribal War breaks out. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • Tinius Olsen awarded a United States Patent for the Little Giant Testing Machine |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect on the production and reception of electromagnetic (EM) waves (radio). This was an important step towards the understanding of the quantum nature of light. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
1910
Age: 55y
| 1910 • 5 October 1910 revolution in Portugal leading to the flight of King Manuel II of Portugal to England and proclamation of the First Portuguese Republic. |
1930
Age: 75y
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residenceHarriet (Jenkins) Miller and her family were the first residents at 140 W Jefferson St. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1930 • Sergei Eisenstein arrives in Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures; they part ways by October. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 85y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Harriet is living with her daughter Alta and son-in-law George shortly before her death. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • Opening of Story Bridge |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
| 1940 • Federal government of the United States reorganisation: |
1940
Apr 30
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
| 1940 • The Civil Aeronautics Administration is placed under the Department of Commerce. |