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
