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    Kate Coll arrives in New York from Ireland on board the SS Nevada. She later marries Juan Vivion de Valera, and gives birth to Éamon on October 14, 1882 in New York

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    Patrick Geddes - Scottish Botanist born.

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    Birth of Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered helium, xenon, neon, argon, radon and krypton.

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    Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan

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