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1859
Apr 12
| 1859 • September 2 – The solar storm of 1859, the largest geomagnetic solar storm on record, causes the Northern lights to be visible as far south as Cuba and knocks out telegraph communication. (This is also called the Carrington event). |
1860
Age: 7m
| 1860 • In Buenos Aires, leader Bartolomé Mitre subverts the Argentine Confederation and begins to establish a new centralist government with the help of Uruguayan Colorado party leader Venancio Flores. |
1870
Age: 10y
| 1870 • Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. |
1878
Oct 23
Age: 19y
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marriageIsaac Frank Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Eadweard Muybridge produces the sequence of stop-motion still photographs Sallie Gardner at a Gallop in California, a predecessor of silent film demonstrating that all four feet of a galloping horse are off the ground at the same time. |
1880
Jun 4
Age: 21y
| 1880 • After having her lights installed by Edison's personnel, the SS Columbia is lit up for the first time at the foot of Wall Street in New York City. |
1880
Jul 14
Age: 21y
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birth of childFrank Henry Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral. |
1882
Jan 1
Age: 22y
birth of childWilliam Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1882 • Zulu king Cetshwayo returns to South Africa. |
1883
Sep 29
Age: 24y
birth of childIda Elizabeth Fountain Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1900
Jun 14
Age: 41y
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |
1912
Jun 12
Age: 53y
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marriageJoseph Brewster Everett, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet opens. |
1937
Jun 19
Age: 78y
| 1937 • The first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Aerobile, makes its initial flight. |