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February 20, 1872 Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags February 20, 1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City February 20, 1872 Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine February 21, 1872 Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82 February 22, 1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) February 24, 1872 John Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles) February 27, 1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard University March 1, 1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park March 3, 1872 Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897 March 5, 1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains March 7, 1872 -8øF in Boston, MA March 7, 1872 Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) March 7, 1872 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer March 8, 1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer March 10, 1872 Felix Borowski, composer March 10, 1872 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 March 11, 1872 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector March 13, 1872 Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist March 16, 1872 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton March 17, 1872 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) |
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