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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 • Battle of Milazzo: The forces of Giuseppe Garibaldi defeat royal Neapolitan forces near Messina, bringing nearly all of Sicily under Garibaldi's control. |
1870
Age: 15y
1870 • First Vatican Council adjourned. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1873 • The Rio Tinto Company is formed in Spain, following the February 17 purchase of the Rio Tinto mine from the Spanish government by a British investment group. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1874 • Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, marries Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Tsar Alexander III of Russia. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1878 • In anticipation of war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to Malta. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1887 • Blackpool F.C. is created in England. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
1900 • The arrival of a Russian naval fleet in Korea causes concern to the Imperial Japanese government. |
1910
Age: 55y
1910 • The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year. |
1930
Age: 75y
residenceHarriet (Jenkins) Miller and her family were the first residents at 140 W Jefferson St. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1930 • The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence). |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 85y
residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Harriet is living with her daughter Alta and son-in-law George shortly before her death. 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • WWII: The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 is signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt, creating the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
1940
Apr 30
burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
1940 • The Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR (August 5) and Estonian SSR (August 6) are incorporated into the Soviet Union six weeks after their annexation. |