Benjamin Franklin Plaster
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Michael Plaster
Michael Plaster
1813 - 1892
Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
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1840


Oct 28
1840 Fortsas hoax: A number of book collectors gather in Binche, Belgium, to attend a non-existent book auction of the late "Count of Fortsas".

1860


Age: 19y
1860 • The world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled and armoured battleship, the (British) HMS Warrior, is launched.

1874


Jul
Age: 33y
1874 • The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party, made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 1873.

1896


Aug 20
Age: 55y
1896 J. T. Hearne sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets in cricket (it is equalled by Charlie Parker in 1931).

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