Historical Events In 1890
May 19 The birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed
May 24 Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
May 02 Territory of Oklahoma created
May 13 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
May 24 Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
May 12 Louisiana legalized prize fighting
May 24 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
May 17 Comic Cuts, first weekly comic paper, published in London
May 06 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
Jan 02 Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer
Jan 21 The first issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
Jan 07 Nellie Bly boards the S.S. Oceanic at Yokohama January 7 and sails for San Francisco after having crossed the Atlantic, Europe, and Asia in her well-publicized attempt to girdle the earth in less than 80 days
Jan 25 New York World reporter Nellie Bly returns home after completing an around the world journey in just 72 days, six hours and eleven minutes.
Jan 03 The first US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
Jan 07 Nellie Bly boards the S.S. Oceanic at Yokohama January 7 and sails for San Francisco after having crossed the Atlantic, Europe, and Asia in her well-publicized attempt to girdle the earth in less than 80 days
Jan 25 United Mine Workers of America forms
Jan 02 Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer
Jan 03 The first US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
Jan 07 W B Purvis patents fountain pen
Jan 25 Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
Jan 02 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny
Jan 07 W B Purvis patents fountain pen
Jan 02 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny
Jan 25 National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
Feb 10 Around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
Feb 27 D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 hours 39 minutes), San Francisco; match is draw
Feb 14 First New South Wales vs South Australia 1st-class cricket game
Feb 10 The birth of Boris Pasternak, Russian author.
Apr 25 J Palisa discovers asteroids #291 Alice & #292 Ludovica
Apr 14 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC)
Nov 29 The first Japanese Diet opens
Nov 27 Firstsignal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation
Nov 29 First Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
Nov 22 Charles DeGaulle born
Nov 20 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
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