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1873
Apr 19
| 1873 • Battle of Bocairente (Third Carlist War): Campaigning in Valenica, Spanish Republican General Valeriano Weyler is attacked at Bocairente, northwest of Alcoy, by a greatly superior Carlist force under General José Santés. Weyler was initially driven back, losing some of his guns, but in a brilliant counter-attack he turns defeat into victory and Santés is heavily repulsed and forced to withdraw. |
1894
Age: 20y
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marriageElla Lilla Medley Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • Pullman Strike: Three thousand Pullman Palace Car Company factory workers go on a "wildcat" (without union approval) strike in Illinois. |
1896
Apr 17
Age: 22y
birth of childMancil Layne Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1900
Age: 26y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage. |
1901
Age: 27y
birth of childLee Villis Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. |
1910
Age: 36y
| 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. |
1918
Age: 44y
| 1918 • The Armistice of Mudros ends conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies of World War I. |
1920
Age: 46y
| 1920 • United Kingdom and France ratify the border between French-held Syria and British-held Palestine. |
1930
Age: 56y
| 1930 • England cricketer Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1,110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians. |
1937
Dec 1
Age: 64y
| 1937 • The Marihuana Tax Act Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937), is a significant bill on the path that will lead to the criminalization of cannabis. It was introduced to U.S. Congress by Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry Anslinger. (The Act is now commonly referred to using the modern spelling as the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.) |