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1865
Dec 14
| 1865 • American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time. |
1882
Oct 29
Age: 16y
marriageJohn Franklin Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age. |
1884
Feb
Age: 18y
birth of childWilliam Henry Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1884 • Economic depression in the United States. |
1885
Oct 17
Age: 19y
birth of childNora Belle Thornton Barry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1885 • LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. |
1887
Jan 22
Age: 21y
birth of childSarah Jane Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1887 • The cornerstone of the new Stanford University, in northern California, is laid (the college opens in 1891). |
1890
Jul
Age: 24y
birth of childWalter Cyrus Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1890 • The folding carton box is invented by Robert Gair, a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879. |
1893
Apr 1
Age: 27y
birth of childCora Ann Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1893 • The United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable. |
1895
Nov 23
Age: 29y
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birth of childJohn Thomas Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War begins. |
1898
Aug 17
Age: 32y
birth of childArch Thornton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1898 • The Sabi Game Reserve in South Africa, the first officially designated game reserve, is created. |
1902
Jun
Age: 36y
| 1902 • The Anthracite Coal Strike begins in the United States. |