Historical Events In May - 01
1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)
1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars"
1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
1864 Atlanta campaign, Georgia
1864 Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign)
1864 Wilderness campaign
1866 American Equal Rights Association forms
1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
1869 "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France
1869 A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH
1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna)
1873 The first US postal card issued
1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities
1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his first Wild West Show
1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens
1884 Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)
1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands
1886 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins
1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay
1893 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
1898 George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila
1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT
1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo
1907 Belgian Government of De Trooz forms
1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies)
1908 World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama
1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
1909 Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario.
1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens
1912 Canada issues first five-dollar bank note.
1913 The Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote – ten shillings.
1914 China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
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