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1855
Apr 25
| 1855 • The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a predecessor of the modern-day Father Louis Hennepin Bridge). |
1878
Jan 13
Age: 22y
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birth of childBenjamin Franklin Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1878 • The British fleet enters Turkish waters and anchors off Istanbul; Russia threatens to occupy Istanbul but does not carry out the threat. |
1880
Age: 24y
| 1880 • The SS Columbia completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in Portland, Oregon after a stopover in San Francisco, California. |
1882
Age: 26y
| 1882 • Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age. |
1886
Jun 2
Age: 31y
| 1886 • In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade. |
1889
May 3
Age: 34y
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birth of childAlta Verlee Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1889 • Frederick Abel invents cordite. |
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Age: 35y
1891
Age: 35y
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birth of childAda Edith Pile Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. |
1894
Apr 1
Age: 38y
| 1894 • Coxey's Army arrives in Washington; Coxey is arrested. |
1897
Mar 24
Age: 41y
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birth of childHollis L Pile 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • The French military governor of Madagascar, Joseph Gallieni, exiles Queen Ranavalona III to Réunion, abolishing the monarchy the next day. |
1937
Nov 30
Age: 82y
| 1937 • Frank Whittle ground-tests the world's first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. |