Jun 05 Republican National Convention meets (Phila)

Dec 04 The ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing

Dec 11 First black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)

Dec 06 William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954

Dec 05 The vessel 'Marie Celeste' is found abandoned in the Atlantic, no trace of her crew was ever found

Dec 07 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3«-year world oceanographic cruise

Dec 06 William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star: Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954

Dec 18 Opals first discovered in Australia, at Listowel Downs, Queensland.

Dec 26 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18")

Aug 24 The birth of Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer and caricaturist

Aug 23 The first Japanese commercial ship visits SF, carrying tea

Oct 19 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales

Oct 21 Germany gives the San Juan Islands to the U.S.

Jul 31 C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild

Jul 20 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born

Jul 09 Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me

Jul 18 Britain introduces secret ballot voting

Mar 05 George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains

Mar 26 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher

Mar 26 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California

Mar 26 The Owens Valley, California area is rattled by a 7.8 earthquake one of the largest in the United States

Mar 01 Yellowstone becomes world's first national park

Mar 16 The first FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton

Mar 22 Illinois becomes first state to require sexual equality in employment

Mar 16 The first FA Cup Final Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton

Mar 07 -8º F in Boston MA

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