Mar 17 Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed

Mar 29 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine)

Mar 26 The birth of Chico Marx, American actor

Mar 06 US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, first appears, New York NY

Mar 06 The first US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington MA

Aug 13 John A. MacDonald drives last spike of the Esquimault-Naniamo railway in British Columbia..

Aug 31 The first major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston, SC

Aug 22 William J. Kendall successfully swims through the Niagara Rapids wearing a cork life jacket.

Aug 31 A strong earthquake rocks Charleston, SC, killing more than 100 people.

Sep 14 Typewriter ribbons patented in the United States

Sep 08 Johannesburg, South Africa, founded

Sep 04 Geronimo is captured, ending last major US-Indian war

Sep 14 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon

Sep 11 Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup

Feb 23 Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres

Feb 09 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence

Feb 23 Aluminum manufacturing process developed

Feb 23 London Times publishes world's first classified ad

Feb 12 2nd British government of Salisbury forms

Feb 13 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class

Apr 06 City of Vancouver, BC incorporated

Apr 05 J Palisa discovers asteroid #257 Silesia

Apr 03 J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga and #274 Philagoria

Apr 06 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga

Nov 22 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia

Nov 30 The Folies Bergere originated as a hall for operettas, pantomime, and even political meetings before it introduced an elaborate review featuring women in sensational costumes Several years later, the Folies followed the Parisian taste for striptease and quickly gained a reputation for spectacular nudie shows

Nov 30 First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo

Dec 08 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president

Dec 15 Turbulence reigned over Wall Street on this day in 1886, as a record 1.2 million shares changed hands in a day of frantic trading.

May 04 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen

May 08 Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invents the flavored syrup for Coca-Cola®

May 26 The birth of Al Jolson, American singer

May 08 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine)

May 01 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins

May 03 M A Maclean elected first mayor of Vancouver British Columbia

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