Apr 06 J Palisa discovers asteroid #309 Fraternitas

Apr 23 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia

Nov 15 The birth of Erwin Rommel, Leading German General of WWII

Sep 03 Cottonpickers organize union &stage strike in Texas

Sep 03 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti

Sep 14 "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7hours 5 min.

Jun 11 A Charlois discovers asteroid #311 Claudia

Jun 29 100ø F (San Fransisco, CA)

Dec 20 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses

Dec 26 The birth of Henry Miller, US novellist

Dec 02 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes

Dec 15 James Naismith a Canadian invents basketball

Dec 21 18 students play first basketball game (Springfield College)

Dec 07 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds first session

Dec 29 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)

Dec 19 First Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore

Dec 31 A new immigration depot is opens on Ellis Island, New York

Aug 24 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera

Aug 19 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum

Aug 04 George Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England

Oct 20 First International 6 day bike race begins in New York

Oct 28 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300

Oct 25 The first International 6 day bike race (NY MSG) ends

Jul 08 61ø F, the highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila

Jul 08 Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio

Jul 05 Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD

Jul 07 Travelers cheque patented

Mar 07 Battle in Bunyoro Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed

Mar 23 The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall

Mar 17 British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574

Mar 18 Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone

Mar 03 Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department)

Mar 07 Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed

Mar 21 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia; it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years

Mar 14 The submarine Monarch lays telephone cable along the English Channel bed to prepare for the first telephone links across the Channel.

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