May 25 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die

May 02 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence

May 02 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

May 03 In the Sonora, Mexico region a 7.4 earthquake ruptured the Pitaycachi fault

May 26 Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state

May 24 Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants East African Association at East African harbors

Jan 21 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms

Jan 16 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes

Jan 20 The U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base.

Jan 26 Battle of Dogali Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians

Jan 04 Thomas Stevens is first man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco-San Francisco); 21,700km

Jan 04 Thomas Stevens is first man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco-San Francisco); 21,700km

Jan 20 US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor

Jan 28 England all out for 45 vs Australia SCG, their lowest total ever

Feb 03 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act

Feb 22 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati

Feb 20 Germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance

Feb 26 George Lohmann took first 8-wicket haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG

Feb 08 Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)

Feb 01 Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)

Feb 23 Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco

Feb 23 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die

Feb 21 First US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)

Feb 05 Snow falls on San Francisco

Feb 04 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads

Feb 21 Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday

Apr 02 Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us)

Apr 05 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller

Apr 14 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)

Apr 26 Cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;

Apr 26 Huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity

Apr 04 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)

Nov 29 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii

Nov 23 Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die

Nov 23 The University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry.

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