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Jay Johnson Morrow
1870Feb, 20

Jay Johnson Morrow

Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (d. 1937)
Jay Johnson Morrow (February 20, 1870 – April 16, 1937) was Chief Engineer of the United States First Army and as Deputy Chief Engineer of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924.

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  • 15Jan

    Thomas Nast

    A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
  • 30Mar

    Reconstruction Era

    Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
  • 12May

    Royal Assent

    The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • 18Jul

    Papal infallibility

    The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • 19Sep

    Siege of Paris (1870-71)

    Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.