1858
Dec 26
| 1858 • First ascent of Dom, the third highest summit in the Alps. |
1879
Jun 26
Age: 20y
marriageCharles Albert Johnson Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1879 • Tetteh Quarshie first brings cocoa beans to Ghana from Equatorial Guinea. |
1880
Age: 20y
| 1880 • After having her lights installed by Edison's personnel, the SS Columbia is lit up for the first time at the foot of Wall Street in New York City. |
1881
Age: 21y
birth of childDona Edith Johnson |
| 1881 • Kansas becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages. |
1900
Jun 20
Age: 41y
| 1900 • The Paris World Exhibition opens. |
1910
Age: 50y
| 1910 • Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. |
1920
Age: 60y
| 1920 • The League of Nations gives Spitzbergen to Norway. |
1935
Jun 8
Age: 76y
| 1935 • Douglas DST, prototype of the Douglas DC-3 airliner, first flies, in the United States. More than 16,000 of the model will eventually be produced. |