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

Apr 03 The birth of Leslie Howard, American actor

Apr 20 The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star

Nov 23 Harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born

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)

Jun 16 F.W. Rueckheim introduces Cracker Jack® at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago's First World Fair

Jun 30 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered

Jun 20 Lizzie Borden found innocent in New Bedford Mass

Jun 09 The birth of Cole Porter, American composer of musicals

Jun 21 The first Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition)

Dec 23 The opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)

Dec 20 First state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia

Dec 12 The birth of Edward G. Robinson, American actor

Dec 26 The birth of Mao Tse-tung, Chinese communist leader

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

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