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1866
Oct 2
| 1866 • Battle of Königgratz: the Prussian army under King Wilhelm and Helmuth von Moltke defeats the Austrian army of Ludwig von Benedek, leading to a decisive Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War. |
1880
Age: 13y
| 1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1897
Jan 20
Age: 30y
marriageLucinda E Mustoe Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1897 • Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories. |
1900
Age: 33y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: The Siege of Kimberley is lifted. |
1930
Age: 63y
| 1930 • Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England. |
1937
Mar 18
Age: 70y
| 1937 • In Moscow, seventeen leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. |