Oct 15 K”ln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun

Jul 21 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman

Jul 19 SF Public Library starts lending books

Jul 23 The first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich

Jul 27 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out

Mar 10 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria

Mar 23 Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)

Mar 10 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare &religious activity

Mar 04 New York Daily Graphic publishes first half-tone engraving, by S H Horgan

Mar 30 The birth of Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright

Mar 10 Commissioner George Scott Railton and seven women officers of English ‘General’ William Booth’s army landed in New York on this day to officially put the Salvation Army to work in the United States.

Mar 24 Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut

Mar 31 The First town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash IN)

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