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Discoveries

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

 

Events

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915
Victorian era	1840	1901

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Adelaide University			110 Rhodes Scholars
Eastern Kentucky University		Public	Regional Kentucky university
University of Guelph			The Veterinary medicine program at the University of Guelph was ranked 4th in the world in 2015.
Switzerland/Supreme Court			The supreme court of the Swiss Confederation

 

A Death

Title	Born	Died	Summary
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild	29 June 1818	6 February 1874	Politician Businessperson

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Thomas M. Carnegie	6 January 1874		22 September 1944
W. Somerset Maugham	25 January 1874	France Paris UK Embassy	16 December 1965	Author 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 Jr	29 January 1874	United States Ohio Cleveland	11 May 1960	Financier
Luigi Einaudi	24 March 1874	Italy Piedmont Carrù	30 October 1961	Politician Economist Central banker	President of Italy for 7 years after WW2
Jesse H. Jones	5 April 1874	US Tennessee Robertson County	1 June 1956	Politician Businessperson
John Baird	27 April 1874	London Chelsea UK	20 August 1941	Politician
D. F. Malan	22 May 1874		7 February 1959	Politician	Started South Africa's system of apartheid
G. K. Chesterton	29 May 1874		14 June 1936	Author Philosopher	English writer, cousin of A. K. Chesterton.
Herbert Hoover	10 August 1874	United States West Branch Iowa	20 October 1964	Politician Engineer Businessperson	US President 1929-1933
William D. Mitchell	9 September 1874	US Minnesota Winona	24 August 1955	Lawyer
Chaim Weizmann	27 November 1874	Motal Russia/Tsarist Russia	9 November 1952	Politician Chemist
Charles Beard	27 November 1874		1 September 1948	Historian
Winston Churchill	30 November 1874	United Kingdom Blenheim Palace Woodstock	24 January 1965	Author Soldier Journalist Politician Historian Artist
William Lyon Mackenzie King	17 December 1874	Canada Ontario Berlin	22 July 1950	Politician Deep state actor
William Vinson	22 December 1874	US South Carolina White Oak	26 October 1951		"A key member of the Suite 8F Group"

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