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1854
Apr 10
| 1854 • Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale University is the first person to fractionate petroleum into its individual components by distillation. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 6y
| 1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1870
Age: 15y
| 1870 • The office of the Solicitor General of the United States is set up to supervise and conduct government litigation in the United States Supreme Court. |
1873
Mar 25
Age: 18y
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marriageWilliam Henry Miller Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1873 • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composes The Tempest. |
1874
Feb 5
Age: 19y
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birth of childAlta Janetta Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Greenock Morton. |
1878
Mar 11
Age: 23y
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birth of childEstella Mary Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld leaves Karlskrona on a voyage that will make him the first to navigate the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Siberian coast. |
1880
Dec 18
Age: 26y
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birth of childLula Bell Miller Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 6 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • Wabash, Indiana becomes the first electrically lit city in the world. |
1887
Aug
Age: 33y
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birth of childCharles Dewitt Miller Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Antonio Guzmán Blanco ends his term as President of Venezuela. |
1900
Jun 15
Age: 46y
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé. |
1910
Age: 55y
| 1910 • The earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
1930
Age: 75y
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residenceHarriet (Jenkins) Miller and her family were the first residents at 140 W Jefferson St. 2 Sources ⇓ |
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 • WWII: Winston Churchill tells the House of Commons of the United Kingdom: "The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin." |
1940
Apr 30
Age: 86y
| 1940 • WWII: German forces (2nd Panzer division), under General Rudolf Veiel, reach Noyelles on the English Channel. |
1940
Apr 30
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burialMemphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried in the Memphis Cemetery |
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |