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1854
Apr 10
| 1854 • In Venezuela, slavery was abolished |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 6y
| 1860 • The first Japanese embassy to the United States arrive in San Francisco. |
1870
Age: 15y
| 1870 • Pastor Aeternus: Pope Pius IX declares papal infallibility in matters of faith and morals. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
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marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Liebig's Extract of Meat Company begin producing tinned corned beef, sold under the label Fray Bentos from the town in Uruguay where it is processed. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • The first group of the Dorsland Trek, a series of expeditions undertaken by Trekboere in search of political independence and better farming conditions, departs from South Africa under the leadership of Gert Alberts to settle in Angola. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The following English Association football clubs: |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • Wabash, Indiana becomes the first electrically lit city in the world. |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick invents the contact lens, made of a type of brown glass. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1910
Age: 55y
| 1910 • January 20 – The first aviation meeting to be held in the United States, the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, is held near Los Angeles, California. |
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 • The 3M company markets Scotch Tape, invented by Richard Gurley Drew, in the United States. |
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 • General Maxime Weygand replaces Maurice Gamelin as commander-in-chief of all French forces. |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
| 1940 • Second Vienna Award: Germany and Italy compel Romania to cede half of Transylvania to Hungary. |
1940
Apr 30
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
| 1940 • Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy." |