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1854
Jan 6
| 1854 • The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury, Massachusetts by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham to become the Waltham Watch Company, pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing. |
1860
Age: 5y
| 1860 • Giuseppe Garibaldi and his troops depart from Quarto on the Expedition of the Thousand. |
1873
Dec 25
Age: 19y
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marriageAlva Washington Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Women of Fredonia, New York, march against the retail liquor dealers in town to inaugurate the Woman's Crusade of 1873–74. This leads to the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (December 23) in Hillsboro, Ohio. |
1874
Nov 28
Age: 20y
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birth of childFred Marcus Johnson Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Harper's Weekly publishes a cartoon by Thomas Nast which is the first use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. [http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/CartoonOfTheDay.asp?Year=2003?Month=November?Date=7]. |
1879
Nov 11
Age: 25y
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birth of childChandler Allen Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 7 Sources ⇓ |
| 1879 • A fire in The Octagon, Dunedin claims 12 victims in New Zealand. |
1880
Age: 25y
| 1880 • Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River. |
1900
Age: 45y
| 1900 • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote American trade with China. |
1910
Age: 55y
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1920
Age: 65y
| 1920 • 1920 World Series: The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers to win their first World Series title. |
1930
Age: 75y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with her brother Joseph 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Greater Sudbury is incorporated as a city in northern Ontario. |
1950
Apr 4
Age: 96y
| 1950 • United Kingdom general election, 1950 : The Labour Party, led by Clement Attlee remains in office but the Tories, led by Winston Churchill increase their seats in the House of Commons. |
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 • Germany, in a note to Brussels, guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany. |
after
Mar 29
1937
Mar 29
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burialHitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Richland Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1937 • The Lost Colony historical drama is first performed at an outdoor theater in the location where it is set, Roanoke Island, North Carolina. |