1848
Oct 8
| 1848 • Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Republic of Liberia. |
1878
Jul 10
Age: 29y
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birth of childEdna D Wiegner Iowa, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 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. |
1885
Age: 36y
| 1885 • The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. |
1910
Age: 61y
| 1910 • George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
1915
Age: 66y
| 1915 • WWI: The Royal Navy battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat with the loss of 547 crew. |
1922
Jun 30
Age: 73y
| 1922 • Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie. |