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1862
1862 • U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed U.S. Department of Agriculture). |
1878
Mar 8
Age: 16y
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marriageGeorge Washington Plaster Linn, Oregon ⇓ By his first wife he had two sons, Loyal and Bruce Plaster. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1878 • The Yale News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. |
1880
Age: 18y
1880 • Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City. |
1880
Age: 18y
birth of childLoyal Plaster Linn, Oregon ⇓ |
1880 • In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. |
1882
Jun
Age: 20y
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birth of childBruce R Plaster Oregon, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1882 • The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago. Nine days later the Seney Syndicate sells the road to William Henry Vanderbilt for US$7.2 million. |
1889
Nov 6
Age: 27y
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birth of childMary Winona Plaster Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1889 • The Hammarby Roddförening (later Hammarby Fotboll) is founded in Sweden. |
1895
Apr 4
Age: 33y
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birth of childWonieta Zonobia Plaster Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1895 • Anti-Japanese officials led by Tang Ching-sung in Taiwan declare independence from the Qing Dynasty, forming the short-lived Republic of Formosa. |
1896
Feb 12
Age: 34y
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birth of childNeoma Olieta Plaster Oregon, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1896 • The Pontifical University of Maynooth is established by decree of the Vatican. |