Historical Events In 1894
Mar 24 37 miners killed at Franklin WA
Mar 04 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
Mar 17 US and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US
Mar 25 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon OH for Washington DC
Mar 11 The first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis".
Mar 03 4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns
Mar 08 New York passes first state dog license law
Mar 05 Seattle authorizes first municipal employment office in US
Mar 03 The first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis".
Mar 08 A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York.
Mar 13 J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
Aug 18 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
Sep 27 New York's Aqueduct horse racing track opens.
Sep 15 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
Sep 15 The birth of Jean Renoir, French film director
Feb 08 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks
Feb 05 Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms
Feb 14 Venus is both a morning star & evening star
Feb 16 British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast
Feb 14 The birth of Jack Benny, American actor
Feb 02 US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
Feb 03 The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME
Feb 23 Stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play
Feb 24 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)
Apr 29 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol
Apr 17 The birth of Nikita S Khrushchev, Russian leader
Apr 26 The birth of Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader
Apr 05 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville PA
Apr 14 Firt public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
Apr 05 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Empty House" (BG)
Apr 17 Nikita Khrushchev (USSR premier 195864) born
Nov 01 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Roux of Paris
Nov 25 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
Nov 14 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
Nov 16 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
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