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Discoveries

In 1874, the drug heroin was first produced by refining opium.

Events

January–March

Date unknown

  • The Agra Canal opens in India.[3]
  • DDT is first synthesized.
  • The Supreme Council 33° Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada is founded.





 

Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

New Groups

GroupImageTypeDescription
Switzerland/Supreme CourtSwiss Supreme Court.jpgThe supreme court of the Swiss Confederation
Adelaide UniversityUniversity-of-Adelaide-Crest.png110 Rhodes Scholars
Eastern Kentucky UniversityEastern Kentucky University seal.pngPublicRegional Kentucky university
University of GuelphUofGshield.pngThe Veterinary medicine program at the University of Guelph was ranked 4th in the world in 2015.

 

A Death

TitleBornDiedSummary
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild29 June 18186 February 1874Politician
Businessperson

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Thomas M. Carnegie6 January 187422 September 1944
W. Somerset Maugham25 January 1874France
Paris
UK Embassy
16 December 1965Author
Spook
Playwright
English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. He also was an intelligence operative during World War 1 and the Russian Revolution.
John D. Rockefeller Jr29 January 1874United States
Ohio
Cleveland
11 May 1960Financier
Luigi Einaudi24 March 1874Italy
Piedmont
Carrù
30 October 1961Politician
Economist
Central banker
President of Italy for 7 years after WW2
Jesse H. Jones5 April 1874US
Tennessee
Robertson County
1 June 1956Politician
Businessperson
John Baird27 April 1874London
Chelsea
UK
20 August 1941Politician
D. F. Malan22 May 18747 February 1959PoliticianStarted South Africa's system of apartheid
Herbert Hoover10 August 1874United States
West Branch
Iowa
20 October 1964Politician
Engineer
Businessperson
US President 1929-1933
William D. Mitchell9 September 1874US
Minnesota
Winona
24 August 1955Lawyer
Chaim Weizmann27 November 1874Motal
Russia/Tsarist Russia
9 November 1952Politician
Chemist
Charles Beard27 November 18741 September 1948Historian
Winston Churchill30 November 1874United Kingdom
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock
24 January 1965Author
Soldier
Journalist
Politician
Historian
Artist
William Lyon Mackenzie King17 December 1874Canada
Ontario
Berlin
22 July 1950Politician
Deep state actor
William Vinson22 December 1874US
South Carolina
White Oak
26 October 1951"A key member of the Suite 8F Group"
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References

  1. "Chief Justice Edward Douglass White", by William H. Forman, Jr., in ABA Journal (March 1970) p261
  2. https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/english/yomiuri.html}
  3. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/a/019pho0000096s2u00077000.html