Historical Events In 1875
May 20 International Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty
May 16 Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000
May 01 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities
May 07 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
May 17 In the first running of the Kentucky Derby today, Aristides wins in 2:37 75
May 17 In the first running of the Kentucky Derby today, Aristides wins in 2 37 75
Jan 05 CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.
Jan 05 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
Jan 05 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS
Jan 26 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
Jan 05 CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.
Jan 14 The birth of Albert Schweitzer, French medical missionary and Nobel Prize winner
Jan 05 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
Jan 25 Anti-slavery society formed in NY
Jan 05 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS
Jan 22 The birth of D.W Griffith, American film director/producer
Feb 04 Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belgium
Feb 25 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill
Apr 10 Regina Saskatchewan the Northwest Mounted Police ordered to build a post on the site of the city of Calgary.
Apr 26 First scheduled train over the Prince Edward Island Railway from Charlottetown to Georgetown.
Apr 01 The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to print a daily weather chart.
Apr 17 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
Nov 25 Financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway
Nov 07 Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
Nov 13 National Bowling Association organized in NYC
Nov 04 "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies
Sep 09 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny &Market) dedicated
Sep 01 The birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist
Sep 11 First newspaper cartoon strip
Jun 01 Ceremony of turning the first sod on the Canadian Pacific Railway on the left bank of the Kamistiquia River in the townsite of Fort William about four miles from the river's mouth.
Jun 09 The birth of Sir Henry Dale, English physiologist and Nobel prize winner
Jun 03 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #144 Vibilia Adeona
Jun 08 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #146 Lucina
Jun 05 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
Jun 19 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
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