Elizabeth Ellen Plaster
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Parents
Michael Plaster
Michael Plaster
1813 - 1892
Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
Spouse
George W Farlow
George W Farlow
1849 - 1929
Children
Siblings

1860


Age: 10y
1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation).

1870


Age: 20y

1874


Age: 24y

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George W Farlow
1874 Harper's Weekly publishes a cartoon by Thomas Nast which is the first use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. [http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/CartoonOfTheDay.asp?Year=2003?Month=November?Date=7].

1875


Age: 25y

1878


May
Age: 28y
1878 • In anticipation of war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to Malta.

1930


Age: 80y
1930 • The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).

1938


Jan 29
Age: 88y
1938 Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the United States.

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