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1829
May 8
| 1829 • The original Welland Canal opens for a trial run with a ceremony at Port Dalhousie. |
1852
Oct 30
Age: 23y
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birth of childMary Frances Bourne Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • In Hawaii sugar planters brought over the first Chinese laborers on 3 or 5 year contracts, giving them 3 dollars per month plus room and board for working a 12-hour day, 6 days a week. |
1855
Apr 28
Age: 25y
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birth of childVirginia A Bourne Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1855 • The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, is dedicated (as the Jews' Hospital) in New York City; it opens to patients on June 5. |
1861
Oct 17
Age: 32y
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birth of childNancy Leah Bourne Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the Union. |
1864
Apr 12
Age: 34y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Bourne Rosalia, Whitman County, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1864 • Battle of Noonday Creek near Kennesaw, Georgia. |
1888
Sep 25
Age: 59y
| 1888 • The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and adjoining territories, is granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson who are acting on behalf of South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, providing a basis for white settlement of Rhodesia. |