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
