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The Georgia Dome then hosted the Auburn–Clemson rivalry the following year in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Clemson defeated Auburn 26–19 riding on a 231-yard performance by Andre Ellington. This game was notable due to Sammy Watkins' absence, having been suspended the first two games due to a drug-related arrest in May 2012. Auburn ...
April – Voting begins in the 1800 United States presidential election; it will last until October. The result is not announced until February 1801. April 24 – The U.S. Library of Congress is founded. May 7 – Indiana Territory is formed by an Act of Congress as the first new territory created from the lands of the Northwest Territory.
A battle ensued on the bridge, with two men seriously wounded before the county sheriff arrived to stop the conflict and make arrests. The confrontation could have escalated into all out war between Cleveland and Ohio City, but was avoided by a court injunction. [19] The two cities eventually made amends, and Ohio City was annexed by Cleveland ...
By 1900, Evansville was one of the largest hardwood furniture centers in the world, with 41 factories employing approximately 2,000 workers. [11] Fortunes made in mining, manufacturing, and wholesale trade resulted in Victorian-era homes in the Riverside Drive district near downtown.
Dam Square, Amsterdam as it appeared c. 1890–1900 with the "Naatje of the Dam" statue. The industrial revolution led to a huge influx of worker migrants from the Dutch countryside into the city of Amsterdam. This occurred during the rise of socialism in Amsterdam. The Dutch authorities tried to destroy socialism by treating socialists with ...
During the famine of 1946-1947, the Soviet government confiscated the entire crop from the peasants, but the western regions were less affected by the famine due to the resistance of the UIA, which is why from western Ukraine several hundred thousand people and their families were most actively deported to Siberia by MSS of Soviet Union in 1947 ...
In 1900, the German egyptologist George Steindorff reported that, "the feast of marrying a boy was celebrated with great pomp, and the money paid for a boy sometimes amounted to fifteen pound, while the money paid for a woman was a little over one pound."
The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the people of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The gold rushes of the 1850s led to high immigration and a booming economy.