January 1 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California) January 15 Weekly Herald, 1st Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes 1st issue January 19 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in U.S., founded in Minnesota January 26 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor January 27 1st British government of Salisbury resigns January 29 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe February 9 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence February 12 2nd British government of Salisbury forms February 13 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class February 23 Aluminum manufacturing process developed February 23 London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad February 23 Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres March 6 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA March 6 1st U.S. nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York City March 17 Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed March 20 1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts March 26 1st cremation in England March 29 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke April 6 City of Vancouver BC incorporated April 6 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga April 25 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna April 29 1st public Dutch electricity opens May 1 U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins May 3 M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC May 4 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen May 8 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) May 14 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36 May 19 Camille Saint-Saens' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres May 21 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45 June 2 Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency, Frances Folsom June 3 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda June 5 20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41 June 8 1st Civil Rights Act passes June 13 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver July 3 1st New York Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine July 3 In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile July 4 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC July 6 Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public July 10 Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand) July 10 George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company July 23 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge July 24 China takes British protectorate of Burma July 28 English Salisbury government forms August 1 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand August 4 Colombia adopts constitution August 12 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. AuAustraliast, The Oval August 15 Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game August 18 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles August 25 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England August 31 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die August 31 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized September 1 Netherlands New Code of Criminal law enforced September 4 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war September 6 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award September 11 Mayflower (U.S.) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup September 14 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon September 25 Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London October 1 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada closes October 6 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient" October 7 Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba October 8 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" October 10 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo) October 12 Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas October 12 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" October 23 St. Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10 October 26 Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia October 27 Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia October 28 Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland October 30 Great Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa November 3 Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curaeao November 4 Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia," premieres November 22 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia November 30 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo December 8 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president December 16 Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" December 22 1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City)
