Nov 01 First train service established over CP between Montreal and Winnipeg via Ottawa, Sudbury and the Lakehead.

Nov 30 The opera "Le Cid" is produced (Paris)

Nov 11 The birth of George Patton, Controversial World War II US General

Nov 25 The first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park

Nov 08 The CP special train arrives in Port Moody at Pacific Tidewater, the first railway train ever to travel across Canada from sea to sea.

Nov 07 The last spike is driven in the first Canadian transcontinental main line at Craigellachie B.C. in the Eagle Pass. Van Horne makes his famous fifteen-word speech "All I can say is that the work has been well done in every way".

Nov 06 US mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close

Nov 02 The first Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Montreal Quebec for Vancouver British Columbia

Nov 27 Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made

Sep 04 The first buffet in the US opens in New York City.

Sep 05 The first gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)

Sep 30 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate

Sep 16 Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup

Sep 04 The first cafeteria opens (NYC)

Sep 15 Tthe famous circus elephant "Jumbo" is killed by a GTR freight train, hauled by locomotive no. 788 at St. Thomas. It was struck from behind while being lead along the track to be loaded into his car. Jumbo stood 12' 5" high and weighted 7 1/2 tons.

Sep 11 The birth of D.H Lawrence, English novelist

Jun 05 J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia

Jun 17 Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'

Jun 12 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France

Jun 23 NSW Contingent to Sudan disembarks at Sydney

Dec 07 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes

Dec 22 Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee

Aug 30 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda

Aug 13 BHP incorporated in Australia as a business.

Aug 29 Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey

Aug 29 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle

Aug 29 Gottlieb Daimler patents the first motor cycle

Oct 01 Special delivery mail service begins in US

Oct 15 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season

Oct 17 The birth of Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish author

Oct 30 The birth of Ezra Pound, American poet

Jul 06 First anti rabies vaccine used, developed by Louis Pasteur

Jul 06 The first inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur

Jul 02 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear

Mar 03 US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail

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