Mar 24 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died

Mar 25 The first demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York NY)

Mar 24 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB

Mar 03 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings

Mar 23 SECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.

Mar 11 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ

Mar 16 US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross

Mar 22 Edmunds Act adopted by US to suppress polygamy in the territories

Mar 02 Assassination attempt made on the life of Queen Victoria

Mar 06 Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king

Mar 29 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men

Aug 27 The birth of Samuel Goldwyn, Co-founder of the MGM film studios in Hollywood

Aug 05 Authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US

Aug 29 English cricketers lose to Australia on English soil for the first time , a mock obituary in the Sporting Times then declares the death of English cricket, saying its ashes will be taken to Australia, the origin of the "Ashes" trophy

Aug 08 Snow falls on Lake Michigan

Aug 20 The first CPR train reaches Regina Saskatchewan

Aug 12 Great Western Railway, controlling 1,009 miles of track is merged into the Grand Trunk System.

Aug 03 Congress passes first law restricting immigration

Aug 07 Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded. Many dead.

Sep 13 Britain invades Egypt

Sep 18 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board)

Sep 04 The first district lit by electricty (NY's Pearl Street Station)

Sep 05 10,000 workers participate in the first US Labor Day parade, held in New York City.

Feb 03 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo

Feb 21 NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours

Feb 15 First cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin

Feb 02 Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven CT

Feb 15 The birth of John Barrymore, American actor.

Feb 12 Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam

Feb 07 The last unprotected (i.e., without padded gloves) heavyweight boxing championship fight occurs in Mississippi City.

Feb 02 The birth of James Joyce, Irish writer

Apr 03 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks

Apr 18 The birth of Leopold Stokowski, British composer

Apr 10 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco &Hawaii)

Apr 19 J Palisa discovers asteroid #225 Henrietta

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