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( 1870s: )     1874

Discoveries

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

 

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
Thomas M. Carnegie	6 January 1874		22 September 1944
Somerset Maugham	25 January 1874	France Paris UK Embassy	16 December 1965	Author Spook Playwright
John D. Rockefeller Jr	29 January 1874	Ohio Cleveland U.S.	11 May 1960	Banker
Luigi Einaudi	24 March 1874	Italy Piedmont Carrù	30 October 1961	Politician Economist Central banker
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
Herbert Hoover	10 August 1874	West Branch Iowa U.S.	20 October 1964	Politician Engineer Businessperson
William D. Mitchell	9 September 1874	US Minnesota Winona	24 August 1955	Lawyer
Chaim Weizmann	27 November 1874	Russia Motal	9 November 1952	Politician Chemist
Winston Churchill	30 November 1874	Blenheim Palace Woodstock England	24 January 1965	Author Soldier Journalist Politician Historian Artist Statesman
William Lyon Mackenzie King	17 December 1874	Canada Ontario Berlin	22 July 1950	Politician

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