Ida Elizabeth Fountain
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Isaac Frank Fountain
Isaac Frank Fountain
1847 - 1889
Mary Malena Fisher
Mary Malena Fisher
1859 - 1937
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1883


Sep 29
1883 Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Black Arrow first appears as a serial in the British magazine Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature as by "Captain George North". Stevenson completes writing it at the end of the summer in France.

1900


Jun 14
Age: 16y
1900 • Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

1907


Age: 23y

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Joseph Adriel Peabody Sr.
Castle Rock, Washington, USA ⇓
1907 • The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.

1917


Jun 24
Age: 33y

1927


Aug 30
Age: 43y
1927 • The Australian Parliament convenes for the first time in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the Parliament had met in Melbourne, State of Victoria.

1965


Jan
Age: 81y
1965 Vietnam War: In New York City, 22-year-old Catholic Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest against the war.

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