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1860
Oct 10
1860 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
1893
Feb 22
Age: 32y
marriageAlice A Brown Bloomfield, Indiana, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1893 • A general strike occurs in Belgium. |
1900
Age: 39y
1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China where they join with Japanese forces. |
1910
Age: 49y
1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1930
Age: 69y
1930 • Canadian adventurer William "Red" Hill, Sr., makes a five-hour journey down the Niagara Gorge rapids. |
1937
Aug 22
Age: 76y
1937 • Roosevelt gives his famous Quarantine Speech in Chicago. |