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Sparky Adams
1894 Aug, 26

Sparky Adams

Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (d. 1989)
Earl John "Sparky" Adams (August 26, 1894 – February 24, 1989) was a professional Major League Baseball player who played with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds.

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Events on 1894

  • 14 Apr

    Kinetoscope

    The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
  • 11 May

    Pullman Palace Car Company

    Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
  • 4 Jul

    Sanford B. Dole

    The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
  • 25 Aug

    Bubonic plague

    Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
  • 1 Nov

    Annie Oakley

    Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.