Aug 23 Automobile tire chain patented

Aug 29 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis

Oct 27 World's 1st subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel

Oct 17 Bank of Italy opens its doors

Oct 02 The birth of Graham Greene, English novelist

Oct 03 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School

Oct 28 St Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints

Oct 04 Frederic Auguste Bertholdi French sculptor ("Statue of Liberty") dies

Oct 27 New York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan.

Oct 29 The first intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)

Jul 07 A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly

Jul 12 The birth of Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet

Jul 01 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis

Jul 03 First run of the Ocean Limited passenger train between Montreal, Que. and Halifax. N.S. This is the longest running train in Canada having operated continuously over the same 840 mile route.

Jul 15 The first Buddhist temple in US established, Los Angeles

Jul 18 P Gotz discovers asteroid #538 Friederike

Jul 23 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo

Jul 16 Islands of the Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs

Jul 14 The birth of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author

Jul 21 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH

Mar 08 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match

Mar 13 Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated

Mar 11 Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games

Mar 01 Glenn Miller a great bandleader was born

Mar 11 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games

Mar 07 Flexible Flyer trademark registered

Mar 12 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund

Mar 12 The first main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)

Mar 01 The birth of Glenn Miller, American bandleader

Mar 01 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs Australia

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