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1897
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Update Yeardata: 1897
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<strong>In the UK</strong>: The Monarch was Queen Victoria, who on Jun 22nd will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, the first British Monarch to rule for more than 60 years. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). J. J. Thomson first announces his discovery of the electron. <em>Country Life</em> magazine is first published. Bram Stoker releases the novel '<em>Dracula</em>'. H. G. Wells publishes '<em>The Invisible Man</em>'.<br /><strong>In the USA</strong>: US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). On 4 March, William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th President of the United States. The first Boston Marathon is run. Thomas Edison gets a patent for the <em>Kinetoscope</em>, a type of early movie projector.
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This was last updated on 26-Jul-2023 11:53:37