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1865
Aug 24
| 1865 • American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman from the Union. Lee's army suffers heavy casualties during the battle of Fort Stedman—about 2,900, including 1,000 captured in the Union counterattack. Confederate positions are weakened. After the battle, Lee's defeat is only a matter of time. |
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Age: 26y
1892
Age: 26y
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marriageMinnie Maude Adams Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1892
Oct
Age: 27y
birth of childIda M Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • Andrew Carnegie combines all of his separate businesses into the Carnegie Steel Company, allowing him to gain a monopoly in the steel industry. |
1895
Mar
Age: 29y
birth of childEva Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1895 • Foundation of the following association football clubs in Ireland: |
1897
Sep
Age: 32y
birth of childThomas Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1897 • The Sigma Pi Fraternity is founded. |
1900
Age: 34y
| 1900 • The First Pan-African Conference is held in London. |
1900
Jan 5
Age: 34y
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birth of childWinnie Alice Shelton Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • The British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the palace of Knossos stand. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later. |
1910
Age: 44y
| 1910 • The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. |
1940
Age: 74y
| 1940 • The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics are proclaimed in Moscow. |
1951
Jan 5
Age: 85y
| 1951 • The first military exercises for nuclear war, with infantry troops included, are held in the Nevada desert. |