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1878
Jul 10
| 1878 • The first assassination attempt is made against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in one arm. Prime minister Benedetto Cairoli blocks the aggressor, receiving a leg injury. |
1885
Age: 6y
| 1885 • Good Housekeeping Magazine goes on sale for the first time in the United States. |
1898
Oct 12
Age: 20y
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marriageFred Marcus Johnson Keokuk, Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1898 • Luigi Lucheni assassinates Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary. |
1901
Apr 25
Age: 22y
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birth of childVerona Kathryn Frances Johnson Gorin, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1901 • First public telephones at railway stations in Paris. |
1905
Feb 9
Age: 26y
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birth of childWilla Mae Johnson Gorin, Missouri, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1905 • Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year". |
1940
Age: 61y
| 1940 • In Lascaux, France, 17,000-year-old cave paintings are discovered by a group of young Frenchmen hiking through Southern France. The paintings depict animals and date to the Stone Age. |
1957
Apr 24
Age: 78y
| 1957 • In Indonesia, Sukarno announces the nationalization of 246 Dutch businesses. |