May 11 Henri Desgrange establishes first bicycle-world record (35.325 km)

May 01 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago

May 27 Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland

May 10 Imperial Institute in London opens

May 05 Panic of 1893 Great crash on New York Stock Exchange

May 04 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging

May 05 The worst economic crisis in U.S. history (to that time) happened on this day. Stock prices plummeted, major railroads went into receivership, 15,000 businesses went bankrupt and 15 to 20 percent of the work force was unemployed. Within seven months, over 600 banks had closed. 1900 "The Billboard", a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, began weekly publication after six years as a monthly 1901 The first Catholic mass for night workers was held at the Church of St. Andrew in New York City.

May 22 Montréal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in first Cup Game

May 05 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange

May 19 Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)

Jan 01 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar

Jan 06 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast

Jan 07 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin

Jan 04 US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

Jan 17 Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was deposed in a bloodless revolution and a provisional government established, with annexation by the United States as its aim.

Jan 17 Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the U.S., dies in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70.

Jan 13 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)

Jan 31 "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing

Jan 01 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar

Jan 17 -17ºF (-27ºC), Millsboro DE (state record)

Jan 17 Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani abdicates the throne, bowing to pressure from sugar planters and businessmen.

Jan 06 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast

Jan 17 Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the U.S., dies in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70.

Jan 02 The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued

Jan 17 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic

Jan 07 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin

Jan 17 Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani abdicates the throne, bowing to pressure from sugar planters and businessmen.

Jan 12 The birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader

Jan 17 -17ºF (-27ºC), Millsboro DE (state record)

Jan 31 "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing

Jan 17 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic

Jan 02 The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued

Jan 17 Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was deposed in a bloodless revolution and a provisional government established, with annexation by the United States as its aim.

Jan 04 US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

Feb 28 Edward Acheson, Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"

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