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1849
Oct 1
| 1849 • Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States of America, takes his oath of office. |
1850
Sep 24
Age: 11m
| 1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • The Open Championship, also known as the British Open, is played for the first time at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The event is won by Willie Park Snr. |
1870
Age: 20y
| 1870 • The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is established at DePauw University in the United States. |
1874
Age: 24y
marriageGeorge W Farlow |
| 1874 • The Gamma Phi Beta sorority is founded at Syracuse University. This is the first women's Greek letter organization to be called a sorority. |
1875
Age: 25y
birth of childMargaretta Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1875 • The Tong wars begin in San Francisco. |
1878
May
Age: 28y
birth of childAlfred Homer Farlow Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ |
| 1878 • Universal Postal Union (UPU) |
1900
Age: 50y
| 1900 • World population: 1,650,000,000 |
1930
Age: 80y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett takes office as the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada. |
1938
Jan 29
Age: 88y
| 1938 • Thornton Wilder's play Our Town is performed for the first time anywhere in Princeton, New Jersey. It premieres in New York City on February 4. |