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1854
Apr 10
1854 • In Venezuela, slavery was abolished |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 6y
1860 • Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces. |
1870
Age: 15y
1870 • Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1873 • German Modernist Composer Max Reger was born in Brand, Bavaria, Germany. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1874 • Philadelphia Zoo opens, the first public zoo in the U.S. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1878 • Greece declares war on Turkey. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
1880 • First Boer War: The Action at Bronkhorstspruit results in a Boer victory over the British. |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1887 • Schnaebele incident – French/German border incident nearly leads to war between the two countries. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
1900 • First Michelin Guide published in France. |
1910
Age: 55y
1910 • African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. |
1930
Age: 75y
residenceHarriet (Jenkins) Miller and her family were the first residents at 140 W Jefferson St. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1930 • Canadian adventurer William "Red" Hill, Sr., makes a five-hour journey down the Niagara Gorge rapids. |
1940
Apr 2
Age: 85y
residenceMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Harriet is living with her daughter Alta and son-in-law George shortly before her death. 1 Source ⇓ |
1940 • Katyn massacre: Members of the Soviet Politburo (Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Mikhail Kalinin, Kliment Voroshilov and Lavrenty Beria) sign an order, prepared by Beria, for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs. |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
1940 • The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics are proclaimed in Moscow. |
1940
Apr 30
burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
1940 • WWII: German forces land in Guernsey, marking the start of the 5-year Occupation of the Channel Islands. |