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1873
Apr 19
| 1873 • Women of Fredonia, New York, march against the retail liquor dealers in town to inaugurate the Woman's Crusade of 1873–74. This leads to the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (December 23) in Hillsboro, Ohio. |
1894
Age: 20y
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marriageElla Lilla Medley Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • The Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. |
1896
Apr 17
Age: 22y
birth of childMancil Layne Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1896 • Construction of the Uganda Railway starts. |
1900
Age: 26y
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1901
Age: 27y
birth of childLee Villis Rush Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • The new Constitution of Alabama requires voters in the state to have passed literacy tests. |
1910
Age: 36y
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1918
Age: 44y
| 1918 • WWI – Battle of Amiens: Canadian and Australian troops begin a string of almost continuous victories, the 'Hundred Days Offensive', with a push through the German front lines. German General Erich Ludendorff later calls this the "black day of the German Army." |
1920
Age: 46y
| 1920 • Communist Party of Uruguay is founded. |
1930
Age: 56y
| 1930 • While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a Celestial Body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006. |
1937
Dec 1
Age: 64y
| 1937 • Roosevelt gives his famous Quarantine Speech in Chicago. |