Thomas Monroe Pile
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Joseph R Pile
Joseph R Pile
1880 - 1967
Ethel M Pile
Ethel M Pile
1882 - 1952
Leo V Pile
Leo V Pile
1886 - 1953
Alta Verlee Pile
Alta Verlee Pile
1889 - 1953
Ada Edith Pile
Ada Edith Pile
1891 - 1970
James W Pile
James W Pile
1894 - 1983
Hollis L Pile
Hollis L Pile
1897 - 1982

1878


Jan 13
Age: 22y
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.

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.
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1891


Age: 35y

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
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.

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