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1848
Mar 9
| 1848 • The Illinois and Michigan Canal is completed. |
1878
Oct 1
Age: 30y
marriagePriscilla Ann Jenkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face")Ruskin, John (1877-07-02). Fors Clavigera. is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. |
1932
Jan 7
Age: 83y
| 1932 • May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes. |