May 21 Yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for first time

May 27 The birth of John Cockcroft, English nuclear physicist

May 12 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Netherlands

May 14 Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

May 18 Irish Music Festival first held (Dublin)

May 04 Fire in Paris France bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200

May 12 Battle at Thessalië Turkish army beats Greece

Jul 17 The first ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from the Yukon

Jul 08 Harbor Hospital formally opens

Jul 27 37.5 cm (14.75") of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)

Jul 01 The Bronx acquires Hutton Square

Jul 03 G. A. Lancaster files claim on Eldorado Creek, Yukon, later known as Gold Hill.

Jun 02 Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead at age 61, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying "The report of my death was an exaggeration."

Jun 12 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll

Jun 02 Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he was dead at age 61, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying: "The report of my death was an exaggeration."

Jun 12 In Assam. India a 8.7 earthquake caused caused the complete devastation of over 9,000 square miles and was felt over 1.75 million square miles. Over 1500 deaths

Jun 17 William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti

Jun 24 Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas

Jun 09 Japan protests United States' takeover of Hawaii

Jan 01 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York

Jan 29 Ishbel, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, helps found the Victorian Order of Nurses at the request of the National Council of Women

Jan 11 M H Cannon becomes first woman state senator in US (Utah)

Jan 27 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)

Jan 23 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG)

Jan 27 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)

Jan 14 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) first climbed

Jan 01 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York

Jan 26 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army

Oct 03 The birth of Louis Aragon, French poet

Oct 29 The birth of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda chief

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