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"Until January 4, 1900", wrote the Assistant Adjutant-General, "there was, strictly speaking, no liquor license law in Manila." [6] An earthquake was registered in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia), killing more than 1,100 people. Ten villages, along with the town of Akhalkalaki were destroyed. [7] [8] Corporate flag Colonial flag Current flag
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January 15 – Rogers E. M. Whitaker, an editor at The New Yorker and railroad traveler (died 1981) January 27 – Hyman G. Rickover, admiral (died 1986) January 28 – Alice Neel, portrait painter (died 1984) January 31 – Betty Parsons, painter and gallerist (died 1982) February 5 – Adlai Stevenson II, politician (died 1965)
Riots and civil unrest in Chicago chronological order; Date Issue Event Deaths Injuries April–July, 1905 Labor 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike - The United Brotherhood of Teamsters started a strike in support for a small union of workers from Montgomery Ward but soon garnered support from most unions in the city. Riots occurred almost daily ...
[1] 1833 1833 Treaty of Chicago; Chicago incorporated as a town. [1] 1835 August 31, about 800 Potawatomi men gathered for a war dance in Chicago before being removed to west of the Mississippi River. [2] 1837 Chicago incorporated as a city. [1] Chicago receives its first charter. [3] Rush Medical College is founded two days before the city was ...
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
January is typically one of the two worst months for winter weather in the U.S. In some years that starts right as the new year arrives. On Jan. 2, 1999, 26 years ago today, a major snowstorm ...
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