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1863
Jul 3
| 1863 • The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world. |
1883
Nov 27
Age: 20y
marriageEdwin Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1883 • The Black Arabs F.C (now Bristol Rovers) |
1884
Sep 25
Age: 21y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1884 • The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. |
1891
Jul 10
Age: 28y
birth of childRobert Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope is first displayed at Edison's Laboratory, for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs. |
1900
Jun 1
Age: 36y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage. |
1900
Oct 23
Age: 37y
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birth of childFrederick Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • Emily Hobhouse arrives in Cape Town. |
1906
Jul 31
Age: 43y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa. |
1908
Mar 19
Age: 44y
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residencePhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Adelaide is living at 210 West Tioga Street |
| 1908 • A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. |
1908
Mar 19
Age: 44y
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deathPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Adelaide died of Breast Cancer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1908 • The first around-the-world car race, the 1908 New York to Paris Race, begins. |