Parents
Spouse
Children
Siblings
1854
Apr 10
1854 • Crimean War – Alma: The French–British alliance wins the first battle of the war. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 6y
1860 • Giuseppe Garibaldi and his troops depart from Quarto on the Expedition of the Thousand. |
1870
Age: 15y
1870 • The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
|
marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1873 • The Preakness Stakes horse race is run for the first time in Baltimore, Maryland. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
|
birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1874 • Siege of Bilbao (Third Carlist War): The siege is lifted. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
|
birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1878 • U.S. Coastal Survey renamed U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
|
birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
|
birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1887 • The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
1900 • American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. |
1910
Age: 55y
1910 • Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. |
1930
Age: 75y
|
residenceHarriet (Jenkins) Miller and her family were the first residents at 140 W Jefferson St. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1930 • Sergei Eisenstein arrives in Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures; they part ways by October. |
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 • Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot. However it is not until 1941 that their current names are adopted. |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
1940 • The Cleveland Indians, behind Bob Feller's Opening Day no-hitter, defeat the Chicago White Sox, 1-0. |
1940
Apr 30
|
burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames Benito Mussolini for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: "One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians." |