Historical Events In 1874

Nov 03 On this day in history james Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti

Nov 30 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born (prematurely) on this day on this day in history.

Nov 07 The first cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast on this day in history.

Nov 19 On this day in history william Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding the city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment

Nov 30 On this day in history the birth of Sir Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister and war time leader

Nov 24 On this day in history joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire

Sep 01 On this day in history sydney General Post Office opens in Australia

Jun 22 Dr Andrew T Sill, of Macon, Missouri, finds science of osteopathy on this day in history.

Jun 20 First US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) on this day in history.

Jun 28 Freedmen's Bank closes on this day in history.

Dec 15 On this day in history david Kalakaua, king of the Sandwich Islands chain in the South Pacific and first regining king to visit the US, is received at the White House by US president Ulysses S. Grant.

Dec 24 On this day in history pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875

Aug 26 On this day in history 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee

Aug 10 The birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US on this day in history.

Oct 10 On this day in history fiji becomes a British possession

Oct 26 On this day in history all Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge.

Oct 01 Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service on this day in history.

Jul 31 On this day in history patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U

Jul 31 Commissioning of USS Intrepid, first U.S. warship equipped with torpedoes on this day in history.

Jul 12 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "The Gloria Scott" (BG) on this day in history.

Jul 01 On this day in history first US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000

Jul 04 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed on this day in history.

Jul 12 Ontario Agricultural College founded on this day in history.

Jul 29 On this day in history major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court

Mar 21 On this day in history uS Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House

Mar 22 Young Men's Hebrew Association is founded in New York NY on this day in history.

Mar 10 On this day in history purdue University (Indiana) admits its first student

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