May 04 Italy &Spain sign military covenant

May 22 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers

May 07 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"

May 13 Brazil abolishes slavery

May 10 First colonial athletics championships are held at the NSW Amateur Athletics Association Cricket Ground in Sydney.

May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia

May 13 DeWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat"

May 13 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery

Jan 13 National Geographic Society founded

Jan 07 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)

Jan 13 National Geographic Society founded (Washington DC)

Jan 05 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established

Jan 27 National Geographic Society founded in Washington, DC, US.

Jan 23 Natural gas discovered in Kingsville Ontario,by well drillers

Jan 03 The first wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington DC

Jan 27 The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

Jan 30 Harry Moses 297 not out for New South Wales against Victoria

Jan 27 The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

Jan 24 Jacob L. Wortman (of Philadelphia) receives a U.S. patent for the typewriter ribbon.

Jan 05 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established

Jan 07 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)

Jan 03 The first wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington DC

Feb 22 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)

Feb 28 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes

Feb 28 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres

Feb 24 Louisville KY becomes first government in US to adopt Australian ballot

Feb 24 The 494 mile long Northern and Northwestern Railway is acquired by the GTR.

Apr 15 J Palisa discovers asteroid #275 Sapientia

Apr 24 Eastman Kodak forms

Apr 07 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)

Apr 20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India

Apr 17 J Palisa discovers asteroid #276 Adelheid

Nov 03 Jack the Ripper kills last victim

Nov 24 Dale Carnegie was born on this day in Maryville, Missouri

Nov 06 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Indiana) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes

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