Jun 27 J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina

Jun 15 The birth of Harry Langdon, American silent film star

Jun 30 The birth of Georges Duhamel, French novelist

Jun 16 The first roller coaster in the U.S. begins operation at Coney Island, NY.

Dec 06 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC

Dec 09 Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate

Aug 05 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)

Aug 28 The first known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD

Aug 10 In New York City, a 5.5 earthquake caused large cracks in walls at Amityville and Jamaica (intensity VII). The shock was felt strongly at New York City

Oct 06 Naval War College established in Newport RI

Oct 14 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film

Oct 20 The birth of Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor

Oct 11 The birth of Eleanor Roosevelt, Wife of former President F.D Roosevelt

Jul 01 V Knorre discovers asteroid #238 Hypatia

Jul 10 Paul Morphy US chess wizard, dies

Jul 04 Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris

Jul 12 The birth of Amedeo Modigliani, Italian artist

Mar 12 Mississippi establishes first US state college for women

Mar 13 The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist

Mar 13 Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins

Mar 13 US adopts Standard Time

Mar 17 John Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, Otay CA

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