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1864
Jul 1
| 1864 • American Civil War – Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General Sherman from Georgia. |
1882
Oct 11
Age: 18y
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marriageJohn Dudley Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1882 • Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as "The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4″ in diameter; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight." |
1900
Age: 35y
| 1900 • Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics. |
1959
Mar 19
Age: 94y
| 1959 • The 31st Academy Awards ceremony is held. |