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1854
Apr 10
| 1854 • Pope Pius IX in the Papal Bull Ineffabilis Deus defines ex Cathedra the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 6y
| 1860 • China agrees in an unequal treaty imposed on it to allow missionaries to proselytize throughout the country. |
1870
Age: 15y
| 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
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marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • The New York stock market crash triggers the Panic of 1873, part of the Long Depression. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • John Ernst Worrell Keely demonstrates his "induction resonance motion motor" — a perpetual motion machine. It turns out to be a fraud. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
| 1900 • Two U.S. Navy cruisers are sent to Central America to protect American interests in a dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. |
1910
Age: 55y
| 1910 • The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty is signed. It becomes null and void in 1965. |
1930
Age: 75y
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residenceHarriet (Jenkins) Miller and her family were the first residents at 140 W Jefferson St. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1930 • The radio drama The Shadow airs for the first time in the United States. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 85y
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residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Harriet is living with her daughter Alta and son-in-law George shortly before her death. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • General Maxime Weygand replaces Maurice Gamelin as commander-in-chief of all French forces. |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
| 1940 • Winston Churchill warns the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to "prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings." |
1940
Apr 30
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
| 1940 • Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard. |