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1854
Jan 6
| 1854 • Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale University is the first person to fractionate petroleum into its individual components by distillation. |
1860
Age: 5y
| September 10, 1860 • Piedmontese forces invade the Papal States, hoping to link up with Garibaldi in Naples. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 19y
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marriageAlva Washington Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| April 4, 1873 • The Kennel Club, the world's first kennel club, is founded in the United Kingdom. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 20y
| February 23, 1874 • Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 25y
| January 1, 1879 • The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War. |
1880
Age: 25y
| November 9, 1880 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral. |
1900
Age: 45y
| January 27, 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
1910
Age: 55y
| November 20, 1910 • Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. |
1920
Age: 65y
| 1920 • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. |
1930
Age: 75y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with her brother Joseph 1 Source ⇓ |
| June 17, 1930 • President of the United States Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law. |
1950
Apr 4
Age: 96y
1937
Mar 29
Age: 83y
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deathMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Her brother, Charles Albert Bourn, passed away 11 days prior 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1937 • Spanish Civil War: Spanish ship Ciudad de Barcelona is torpedoed. |
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Mar 29
1937
Mar 29
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burialHitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Richland Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri 1 Source ⇓ |
| February 20, 1937 • Roberto Ortiz is elected president of Argentina. |