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1875 Calendar

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•  January 12, 1875 – Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
•  March 3, 1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
•  May 1, 1875 – Alexandra Palace reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down.
•  May 17, 1875 – Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
•  July 9, 1875 – Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
•  August 24, 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel
•  August 25, 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
•  October 22, 1875 – First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
•  December 9, 1875 – The Massachusetts Rifle Association, “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club”, is founded.

•  January 14, 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
•  February 4, 1875 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (d. 1953)
•  April 1, 1875 – Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932)
•  May 23, 1875 – Alfred P. Sloan, American automotive executive (d. 1966)
•  May 30, 1875 – Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)
•  June 15, 1875 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier and supercentenarian (d. 1987)
•  September 18, 1875 – Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
•  December 4, 1875 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
•  December 5, 1875 – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)