Births on January 4

Albert Tyler (athlete)

Born on January 4, 1872

Albert Tyler, American pole vaulter and educator (d. 1945)

Albert Clinton Tyler (January 4, 1872 – July 25, 1945) was an American pole vaulter who won a silver medal at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Tyler was a member of the Franklin (Ohio) Class of 1888. While studying at Princeton University Tyler also played American football and baseball. He graduated in 1897 and became a school teacher and football official. He died of pneumonia while on vacation in Maine.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
18 Nov

United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Births on January 4

Albert Tyler (athlete)

Born on January 4, 1872

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Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

United States presidential election, 1872

P. B. S. Pinchback