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1827
May 3
| 1827 • The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. |
1853
Jun 10
Age: 26y
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marriageMary Margaret Fraser Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada ⇓ Marriage was signed by a James Buckley and an Abigail McDonald. This James was most likely his brother. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1853 • The world's first public aquarium opens at the London Zoo. |
1863
Apr 3
Age: 35y
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birth of childMary Margaret Buckley Hardwick, New Brunswick, Canada ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1863 • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes the poem "Christmas Bells", or, as it is better known "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day". |
1871
Age: 43y
| 1871 • Following the invasion of the Paris Commune by Government troops, 147 Communards, the last defenders of the workers' district of Belleville, are shot, on the last day of the "Bloody Week" (Semaine Sanglante) in which the Commune is crushed. |
1910
Jun 13
Age: 83y
| 1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster. |