Mar 20 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

Mar 17 Robert Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title

Mar 22 Federal convention starts second meeting in Adelaide to begin drawing up a constitution for a Commonwealth of Australia.

Mar 27 The birth of Gloria Swanson, American actress

Mar 29 Japan adopts Gold Standard

Mar 04 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US

Mar 16 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)

Mar 05 American Negro Academy forms

Aug 12 British naval authorities grant US Navy permission to put battleship 'Indiana' in drydock in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Aug 11 The birth of Enid Blyton, English author

Sep 24 A new double track steel arch bridge is completed by the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company and the Niagara Falls International Bridge Company. The upper floor of the new structure is leased to the Grand Trunk Railway.

Sep 02 The first issue of McCall's magazine goes on sale at newsstands.

Sep 21 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," begins the famous editorial response to 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon's letter in the New York Sun.

Sep 21 NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial

Sep 23 First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)

Sep 01 Subway service in Boston, MA begins.

Feb 02 The Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is destroyed by fire.

Feb 10 New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"

Feb 11 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC

Feb 05 Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel

Feb 10 New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."

Apr 17 Thornton Wilder (American playwright) born

Apr 22 NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (stiil active)

Apr 27 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated

Apr 24 The first journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day.

Apr 19 First American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)

Apr 19 First American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2 55 10 (Boston)

Nov 23 Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before.

Nov 25 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy

Dec 22 Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.

Dec 31 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into NYC (1/1/1898)

Dec 28 Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, premieres in Paris.

Dec 16 The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated

Dec 30 Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony

May 12 Battle at Thessalië: Turkish army beats Greece

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