January 1 1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago January 1 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar January 2 1st U.S. commemoratives and 1st U.S. stamp to picture a woman issued January 4 U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy January 6 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast January 7 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin January 10 Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg January 11 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35) January 13 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) January 17 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) January 17 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic January 28 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston January 31 "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing February 1 Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin February 1 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey February 2 1st movie close-up, of a sneeze, Edison studio, West Orange, New Jersey February 5 Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) February 9 Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud February 9 Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan February 26 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan February 26 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec) February 28 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" March 1 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the U.S. rank of ambassador March 2 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features March 3 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized March 3 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture March 4 Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe March 4 Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th U.S. president (2nd term) March 9 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs March 10 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony March 10 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before March 30 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain April 3 1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground April 5 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) April 6 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision (111 rounds) April 6 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated April 8 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink April 12 Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi April 22 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo April 22 Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time April 26 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms May 1 World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago May 4 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging May 5 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange May 10 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39 May 10 Imperial Institute in London opens May 11 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) May 19 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) May 22 Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game May 27 Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland June 1 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) June 10 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53 June 16 R. 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Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack June 19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted June 20 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass June 21 1st Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago's Columbian Exposition June 22 British fleet under Vice-Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut June 27 Great stock crash on New York stock exchange June 30 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered July 1 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood July 6 British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) July 9 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia July 15 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan July 17 Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket July 18 Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's July 22 Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in Colorado July 24 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago July 31 Henry Perky patents shredded wheat August 1 Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat August 7 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes August 9 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York August 10 Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act August 14 France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test August 15 U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea August 20 Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland August 24 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die August 30 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64) September 4 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit September 11 Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave September 11 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago) September 16 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders September 19 New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote September 21 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car) September 22 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield October 1 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi) October 6 Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat October 13 Vigilant (U.S.) beats Valkyrie II (England) in 9th America's Cup October 14 George Edwardes "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London October 14 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret October 23 C Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in New York City (27 seasons) October 25 Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr. Jameson beats Ndebeles October 27 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC October 28 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted 1st performance of "Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique" October 30 Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 November 4 Dr. Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland November 7 State Colorado accept female suffrage November 14 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin November 18 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus November 19 1st newspaper color supplement (New York World) December 3 Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia December 5 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges December 11 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed December 15 Dvoraks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall New York City December 16 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres December 17 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France December 20 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia December 23 Opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar) December 24 Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor December 28 French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu December 30 Russia signs military accord with France
