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1855
Apr 25
| July 2, 1855 • The Kansas territorial legislature convenes in Pawnee and begins passing proslavery laws. |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 22y
| 1878 • Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club, the team that will become Manchester United. |
1880
Age: 24y
| 1880 • Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. |
1882
Age: 26y
| March 20, 1882 • British gunboats enter Monrovia, with Arthur Havelock demanding that Liberia cede disputed territory to the British colony of Sierra Leone of which he is Governor. |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 31y
| March 16, 1886 • A law establishing the Kiel Canal is adopted. |
1889
May 3
Age: 34y
| November 11, 1889 • Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state. |
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Age: 35y
1891
Age: 35y
| September 14, 1891 • The first penalty kick is awarded in a football (soccer) match; John Heath scores it for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • A meteor shower is seen in southern France. |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 41y
| 1897 • J. J. Thomson discovers the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the nucleus). |
1937
Nov 30
Age: 82y
| October 18, 1937 • October 21 – Spanish Civil War: The whole Spanish northern seaboard falls into the Falangists' hands; Republican forces in Gijon, Spain, set fire to petrol reserves prior to retreating before the advancing Falangists. |