Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
January 17 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twin brothers (born 1811) February 24 – John Bachman, Lutheran minister, social activist and naturalist (born 1790) March 8 – Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the U.S. from 1850 to 1853, and 12th vice president of the U.S. from 1849 to 1850 (born 1800)
1874 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1874th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 874th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1874, the ...
The Locust Plague of 1874, or the Grasshopper Plague of 1874, occurred in the summer of 1874 when hordes of Rocky Mountain locusts invaded the Great Plains in the United States and Canada. The locusts swarmed over an estimated 2,000,000 square miles (5,200,000 km 2) and caused millions of dollars' worth of damage. Residents described swarms so ...
Here is an overview of 1874 to 1924. For 150 years, The Greenville News has reported stories of our community and the people who give life to the area. ... Here is a brief overview of our history ...
From left to right, clockwise: Conflict erupts between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia leading to the Franco-Prussian War in 1870; a fire in Chicago kills approximately 300 people and leaves about another 100,000 people homeless in 1871; Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise is recognized as the source of inspiration for the Impressionist movement; The U.S. Army is defeated by ...
AOL
In the House, Democrats won massive gains when the Republicans lost a total of 92 seats (the third-largest swing in the history of the House, and the second-largest House loss by the Republican Party), turning a dominant Republican majority into a similarly dominant Democratic majority.
1874 – Red River Indian War; 1874 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union formed in Cleveland; 1875 – Aristides (horse) wins first Kentucky Derby; 1875 – Resumption Act; 1875 – Civil Rights Act of 1875; 1875 – The Art Students League of New York is founded; November 22, 1875 – Vice President Wilson dies; 1875 - Whiskey Ring ...