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1868
Feb 3
| 1868 • Carlos Manuel de Céspedes declares a revolt against Spanish rule in Cuba in an event known as El Grito de Yara, initiating a war that lasts ten years (Cuba ultimately loses the war at a cost of 400,000 lives and widespread destruction). |
1870
Age: 1y
| 1870 • The 12.8-km Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. |
1890
Aug 15
Age: 22y
marriageLydia Minerva Siegler Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1890 • The folding carton box is invented by Robert Gair, a Brooklyn printer who developed production of paper-board boxes in 1879. |
1936
Aug 13
Age: 68y
| 1936 • The first World Speedway Championship is held at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It is won by Australian Lionel Van Praag, with Englishman Eric Langton second and Australian Bluey Wilkinson third. |