Sep 01 Subway service in Boston, MA begins.

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

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

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

Oct 03 The birth of Louis Aragon, French poet

Oct 29 The birth of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda chief

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.

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

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