Jun 10 S.S.Agnes arrives in New Orleans with first ever shipment of frozen beef

Jun 15 Mike McCoole (US) defeats Tom Allen (England) in bare-knuckle bout

Jun 08 Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents a vacuum cleaner

Jun 15 Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY

Dec 27 Louis Riel 1844-1885 elected President of the Provisional Government of Rupert's Land and the North West; with powers to negotiate with Canadian Commissioner Donald A. Smith

Dec 28 The Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.

Dec 27 First issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published.

Dec 08 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome

Dec 28 William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum

Dec 10 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)

Dec 09 Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia

Dec 22 Newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up)

Aug 17 The first international boat race (Thames River) (Oxford beats Harvard)

Aug 23 The first carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston

Aug 01 First raft voyage down Colorado River

Aug 24 Waffle iron invented

Oct 16 Hotel in Boston becomes the first to have indoor plumbing

Oct 26 The first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)

Oct 02 The birth of Gandhi, Indian leader of 'passive' resistance

Oct 21 First shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore

Oct 01 The first postcards are issued (Vienna)

Oct 02 The birth of Groucho Marx, US comedian of the 'Marx' brothers fame

Jul 06 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr J H Harris, defeated

Jul 01 US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens

Jul 15 Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French Navy

Mar 16 Hiram R Revels makes the first official speech by a black in the Senate

Mar 04 Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th President

Mar 18 The birth of Neville Chamberlain, Former British prime minister

Mar 01 Postage stamps showing scenes are first issued

Mar 13 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law

Mar 21 The birth of Florenz Ziegfield, American impresario

Mar 03 University of South Carolina opens to all races

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