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HENDELSER 24. OKTOBER
Danish West Indies
År:
1900
U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.
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Annie Edson Taylor
År:
1901
Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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First Sino-Japanese War
År:
1894
First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.
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Henry Parkes
År:
1889
Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
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Shinpūren rebellion
År:
1876
Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.
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Normanton incident
År:
1886
Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.
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1902 eruption of Santa María
År:
1902
Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
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Wright brothers
År:
1911
Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
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