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1859
Oct 27
| 1859 • The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time (its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles). |
1860
Age: 1m
| 1860 • A new uprising erupts in Palermo. |
1870
Age: 10y
| 1870 • Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States. |
1881
Aug 3
Age: 21y
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birth of childSadie Thompson Franklin Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1881 • Francis Howell High School (Howell Institute) in St. Charles, Missouri, and Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas open on the same day, putting them in a tie for the title of the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. |
1885
Oct
Age: 25y
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birth of childCharles Lucian Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. |
1888
Dec 26
Age: 29y
birth of childGrace Dewolfe Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.. |
1900
Age: 40y
| 1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |
1910
Age: 50y
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residenceBoerne, Kendall, Texas, USA ⇓ Now married to Madison Pyron and living in Texas 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The Union of South Africa is created. |
1920
Age: 60y
| 1920 • The Allies of World War I demand that the Netherlands extradite the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who fled there in 1918. |
1930
Age: 70y
| 1930 • R. B. Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada. |
1940
Oct 19
Age: 80y
| 1940 • WWII: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his [ftp://webstorage2.mcpa.virginia.edu/library/nara/fdr/audiovisual/speeches/fdr_1940_0610.mp3 "Stab in the Back"] speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. |