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1856
Mar 24
| 1856 • Dallas, Texas is incorporated as a city. |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 21y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The world's first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. |
1880
Age: 23y
| 1880 • Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City. |
1882
Age: 25y
| 1882 • Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age. |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 30y
| 1886 • Nagasaki Incident |
1889
May 3
Age: 33y
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birth of childAlta Verlee Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1889 • British South Africa Company receives a Royal Charter. |
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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 first penalty kick is awarded in a football (soccer) match; John Heath scores it for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • A meteor shower is seen in southern France. |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 41y
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birth of childHollis L Pile 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 begins. The ill-fated expedition to fly over the Arctic results in the death of the entire team within months. |
1941
Jul 16
Age: 85y
| 1941 • The Holocaust: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas. |