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1855
Apr 25
| 1855 • Palm oil sales from West Africa to the United Kingdom reach 40,000 tons. |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 22y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face")Ruskin, John (1877-07-02). Fors Clavigera. is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. |
1880
Age: 24y
| 1880 • France annexes Tahiti. |
1882
Age: 26y
| 1882 • Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 31y
| 1886 • An earthquake of between 7.3 and 7.6 on the Richter scale hits Charleston, South Carolina, leaving 40,000 homeless. |
1889
May 3
Age: 34y
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birth of childAlta Verlee Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
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Age: 35y
1891
Age: 35y
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birth of childAda Edith Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Skansen is established as the world's first open air museum by Artur Hazelius on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • Oil is discovered on the Osage Indian reservation, making the Osage the "richest group of people in the world". |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 41y
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birth of childHollis L Pile 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • Mount Saint Elias, the second highest peak in the United States and Canada, is first ascended. |
1937
Nov 30
Age: 82y
| 1937 • The Vibora Luviminda trades union's sugar plantation strike on Maui island, Hawaii. |