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1894Oct, 14

Victoria Drummond

Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer (d. 1978)
Victoria Alexandrina Drummond MBE (14 October 1894 – 25 December 1978), was the first woman marine engineer in the UK and the first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers. In World War II she served at sea as an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy and received awards for bravery under enemy fire.

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Events on 1894

  • 14Apr

    Kinetoscope

    The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
  • 6Jun

    Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894

    Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
  • 4Jul

    Sanford B. Dole

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

    Bubonic plague

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

    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.