Mar 02 The first federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features

Mar 04 Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US President (2nd term)

Mar 09 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs

Mar 01 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador

Mar 03 Congress authorizes first federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture

Mar 10 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony

Mar 03 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized

Mar 04 Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe

Mar 10 New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed &killed the night before

Mar 30 Thomas F Bayard becomes first US ambassador in Great Britain

Aug 15 US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea

Aug 22 The birth of Dorothy Parker, American writer and humorist

Aug 10 Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act

Aug 14 First vehicle registration plates introduced, in France

Aug 14 France issues first driving licenses, included required test

Sep 19 New Zealand grants women the vote

Sep 16 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders

Sep 21 Frank Duryea drives first US made gas propelled vehicle (car)

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

Feb 28 The birth of Ben Hecht, American writer

Feb 01 Thomas Edison completes worlds first movie studio (West Orange NJ)

Feb 01 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan -56.7 degrees Celsius

Feb 09 Canal builder De Lesseps &others sentenced to prison for fraud

Feb 01 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan recorded the coldest day on record in Saskatchewan: -56.7 degrees Celsius

Feb 26 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan

Apr 20 The birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist

Apr 01 Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date.

Apr 27 John Murray Corse US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday

Apr 03 1st New South Wales vs Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Apr 11 The birth of Dean Acheson, American statesman

Apr 05 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)

Apr 06 Andy Bowen &Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds)

Apr 09 The critic reports that the ice cream soda is our national drink

Apr 08 The birth of Mary Pickford, American actress

Apr 06 Mormon temple in Salt Lake City dedicated

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