Jun 06 The birth of Thomas Mann, German writer and Nobel prize winner

Dec 05 Sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born

Dec 07 Natives Sons of the West organized

Dec 17 Violent bread riots in Montreal

Dec 04 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail

Dec 30 Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms

Dec 04 The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer

Dec 06 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes

Aug 26 The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author

Aug 25 Matthew Webb becomes first to swim English Channel (21h 45m)

Oct 22 Sons of the American Revolution organized

Oct 05 Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens

Jul 01 Universal Postal Union established

Jul 19 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NYC

Jul 04 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg

Jul 09 Francis Preston Blair Jr famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54

Jul 10 L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia

Mar 03 Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years

Mar 01 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883

Mar 03 First recorded hockey game (Montréal)

Mar 07 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed

Mar 07 The birth of Maurice Ravel, French composer

Mar 03 Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)

Mar 15 First US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested

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