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1849
Mar 23
| 1849 • Zachary Taylor refuses to be sworn in office on a Sabbath. Urban legend holds that David Rice Atchison, President pro tempore of the United States Senate is President de jure for a single day. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Massachusetts, strike successfully for higher wages. The strike spreads throughout New England and eventually involves 20,000 workers. |
1886
Jan 12
Age: 36y
birth of childLena Elsie Mae Bourn Texas, USA ⇓ |
| 1886 • American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. |
1899
Jun 4
Age: 50y
birth of childEllen Pauline Bourn Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1899 • Three Denver, Colorado newspapers publish a story (later proved to be a fabrication) that the Chinese government under the Guangxu Emperor is going to demolish the Great Wall of China. |
1900
Age: 50y
| 1900 • The United Kingdom and the United States sign a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal across Central America in Nicaragua. |
1905
Jun 23
Age: 56y
| 1905 • Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Mukden begins in Manchuria. |