January 5 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris January 5 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi January 24 Camille Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre," premieres January 25 Anti-slavery society forms (NY) January 26 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green February 4 Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belg February 25 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft. Sill March 1 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 March 3 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) March 3 Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years March 3 Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris) March 14 Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres March 15 1st U.S. cardinal (John McCloskey) invested April 17 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain April 25 Latest date for measurable snow in New York City (3") May 1 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-U.S. activities May 7 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed May 11 George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout May 12 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 May 16 Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000 May 17 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75 May 20 International Bureau of Weights and Measures forms by treaty May 28 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43 June 2 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US June 3 Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission June 4 Pacific Stock Exchange opens June 5 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens June 6 Netherlands goes on the gold standard June 12 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42 June 19 Formal opening of U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio June 22 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 July 1 Universal Postal Union established July 4 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg July 7 Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri July 19 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City August 2 World 1st roller skating rink opens in London August 14 Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl August 25 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m September 9 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny and Market) dedicated September 11 1st newspaper cartoon strip September 29 US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion October 5 Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens October 16 1st Quebec vs Ontario football game, Ontario wins October 22 Sons of American Revolution organizes October 25 Peter Tsjaikofsky's "1st Pianoconcert up. 23" premieres in Boston November 2 Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast November 4 "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies November 4 Tonga adopts constitution November 7 Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa November 13 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms November 13 National Bowling Association organized in New York City November 16 Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians November 16 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities November 17 Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott November 28 Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa December 4 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, New York City - Tammany Hall, escapes from jail December 6 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes December 7 Natives Sons of the West organized December 8 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg December 17 Violent bread riots in Montreal December 25 Lambs Club in New York forms December 30 Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
