Historical Events In 1879
May 31 First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
May 08 George Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
May 21 Battle of Iquiquw
May 30 Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden
May 20 The Department of Railways and Canals comes into effect with a Minister having jurisdiction over all railways pertaining to the Dominion Government. Previously this function had been covered by the Department of Public Works.
May 30 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May
May 16 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English
May 31 Madison Square Garden opens its doors
May 10 Meteor falls near Estherville IA
Feb 25 Congress passed first Timberland Protection Act
Feb 28 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
Feb 08 Sanford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones, with standard time within each zone
Feb 12 Artificial ice is created in at Madison Square Garden for the first time
Feb 05 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
Feb 18 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha
Feb 22 Frank W. Woolworth opens his first store in Utica, New York.
Feb 27 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
Feb 12 News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London
Feb 14 Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
Feb 27 Two American chemists announce the discovery of saccharin
Feb 10 Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
Feb 15 U.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Feb 22 Frank Woolworth opens his first 'Woolworths' store in Utica, New York state
Feb 10 First electric arc light used (California Theater)
Apr 09 The birth of WC Fields, American actor
Apr 19 J Palisa discovers asteroid #195 Eurykleia
Apr 20 The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
Nov 02 In a 6-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km
Nov 19 National Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
Nov 04 James & John Ritty patent the cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in their Dayton, Ohio saloon
Nov 04 The birth of Will Rogers, American actor and humorist
Sep 23 Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia
Sep 20 U. Grant comes to SF for elaborate extended visit
Sep 28 Sydney Australia innaugurates steam motor tram route
Jun 21 F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)
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