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1856
Mar 24
| 1856 • The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont. |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 21y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The Yale News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. |
1880
Age: 23y
| 1880 • Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. |
1882
Age: 25y
| 1882 • Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as "The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4″ in diameter; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight." |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 30y
| 1886 • Heinrich Hertz verifies at the University of Karlsruhe the existence of electromagnetic waves. |
1889
May 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childAlta Verlee Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
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Age: 34y
1891
Age: 34y
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birth of childAda Edith Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • Britain establishes a Protectorate over Uganda. |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 41y
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birth of childHollis L Pile 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America. |
1941
Jul 16
Age: 85y
| 1941 • A state of emergency is declared in British Malaya and the Straits Settlements. |