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1855
Apr 25
| 1855 • Elections are held for the first Kansas Territory legislature. Missourians cross the border in large numbers to elect a pro-slavery body. |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 22y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside. |
1880
Age: 24y
| 1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1882
Age: 26y
| 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." |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 31y
| 1886 • Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed. |
1889
May 3
Age: 34y
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birth of childAlta Verlee Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1889 • British South Africa Company receives a Royal Charter. |
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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 • The Auckland University Students' Association is founded. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • For the first time, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles. |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 41y
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birth of childHollis L Pile 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 begins. The ill-fated expedition to fly over the Arctic results in the death of the entire team within months. |
1937
Nov 30
Age: 82y
| 1937 • In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945. |