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1870
Jun 15
1870 • Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. |
1870
Age: 6m
1870 • The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings, and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league. |
1891
Jul 20
Age: 21y
marriageMary Candell Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Married in St. Patrick's Church |
1891 • Drexel University is founded as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. |
1892
Sep 19
Age: 22y
birth of childEdward Thomas Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1892 • James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. |
1894
May 1
Age: 23y
birth of childFrancis Joseph Fisher Jr. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1894 • The Tower Bridge in London opens for traffic. |
1896
Jan 13
Age: 25y
birth of childAnastasia Mary Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1896 • Plessy v. Ferguson: The U.S. Supreme Court introduces the "separate but equal" doctrine and upholds racial segregation. |
1897
Sep 20
Age: 27y
birth of childWilliam Mathew Peter Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1897 • A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. |
1899
Jul 12
Age: 29y
birth of childCatherine Loretta Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1899 • Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States. |
1901
Feb 7
Age: 30y
birth of childLeone Marguerite Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1901 • The okapi is observed for the first time (previously known only to local natives). |
1902
Sep 11
Age: 32y
birth of childMary Cecelia Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1902 • The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened. |
1904
Jun 28
Age: 34y
birth of childJohn Sylvester Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1904 • The Herero Rebellion in German South-West Africa begins. |
1906
Nov 7
Age: 36y
birth of childArthur Benedict Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1906 • The Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a Belgian mining trust, is created in the Congo. |
1908
Nov 18
Age: 38y
birth of childVeronica Ellen Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
1908 • Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile. |
1920
Age: 49y
1949
Apr 20
Age: 78y
1949 • Fernand Braudel's La Méditerranée et le Monde Méditerranéen à l'Epoque de Philippe II is published. |