Timeline
1890June 10 - Wyoming becomes a state
July 30 - Idaho becomes a state. |
1891May 5 - Carnegie Hall opens
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1892March 26 - Walt Whitman dies.
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1893May 5 - The panic of 1893 starts as a result of the crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
June 20 - Lizzie Bordon is acquitted of the murders of her father and step-mother. |
1894June 22 - Pierre de Coubertin organized the first International Olympic Committee.
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1895September 3 - The first professional football game was played at Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
November 5 - The first patent for a car was issued. |
1896January 4 - Utah becomes a state.
May 18 - Plessy Vs. Ferguson. April 6-15 - First ever Olympics was held in Athens. |
1897July 17 - Klondike Gold Rush begins.
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1898July 7 - The U.S. annexed Hawaii.
April 25 - The U.S. declares war on Spain. December 10 - The Peace treaty that ends the Spanish-American war is signed in Paris. U.S. gains Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. |
1899July 1899 - Strikes in New York City in order to stop child labor. (Newsboys Strike of 1899)
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