January 1 Denmark adopts Mid-European time January 1 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic January 4 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia January 7 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing January 8 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire January 9 "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters January 9 Georges Feydeau's "Un la Patte," premieres in Paris January 13 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops January 21 Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec January 23 G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min January 25 James J. Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title January 27 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 January 27 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park January 30 Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit January 30 U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham February 2 U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island February 3 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me February 5 Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms February 8 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks February 14 Venus is both a morning star and evening star February 16 British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast February 23 Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play February 24 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) March 3 1st Greek-language publication in U.S. begins, "NY Atlantis" March 3 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns March 4 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed March 5 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in U.S. March 8 New York passes 1st state dog license law March 12 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday March 13 J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate March 16 Jules Massenet's opera "Thais," premieres in Paris March 17 U.S. and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering U.S. March 22 Stanley Cup: Mont AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (1st Cup game ever) March 24 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington March 25 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon Oh for Wash April 5 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn April 5 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House" April 9 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz April 12 British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa April 14 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) April 14 Thomas Edison presents "peep show" device April 19 Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in New York City April 20 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase April 21 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London April 24 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 April 24 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Brooklyn Dodgers April 29 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol May 11 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co May 12 Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City May 14 Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings May 15 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41 May 16 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings May 17 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49 May 23 William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal May 26 Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player May 28 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern May 30 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game May 31 John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" June 15 Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8 June 17 1st U.S. poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont June 18 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate June 19 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56 June 21 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company June 22 Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner June 24 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years June 25 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike June 26 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto June 28 Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday June 30 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid June 30 London Tower Bridge opens July 2 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers July 4 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st U.S. autos at 6 MPH July 4 Republic of Hawaii proclaimed, Sanford B. Dole as president July 6 Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike July 16 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England July 20 2000 federal troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike August 2 Death duties 1st introduced in Britain August 2 Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter August 16 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith August 17 Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 August 18 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration August 25 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed August 26 Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms August 27 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court August 30 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger August 31 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases September 2 Amsterdam Municipal theater opens September 2 Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die September 4 In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops September 4 Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms September 14 Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails September 15 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang September 27 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY September 28 Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester October 1 Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska October 15 Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage October 17 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man October 26 German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg October 28 German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg October 29 1st election of Hawaiian Republic October 30 Daniel Cooper patents time clock November 1 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris November 5 Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki November 5 Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegels," premieres November 10 Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki November 14 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" November 16 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan November 16 French Captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa November 17 Daily Racing Form founded November 18 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault November 18 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) November 19 1st mushroom on a stamp (China 1 and 5 Ap) November 19 Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok November 20 U.S. intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua November 25 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis November 26 King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France December 5 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hotel du lobre echange," premoeres on Paros December 9 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium December 14 Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren December 20 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket December 22 Debussy's "Prelude l'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres December 22 Dutch coast hit by hurricane December 22 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) December 22 United States Golf Association forms (New York City) December 23 Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris December 24 Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm December 24 Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes December 25 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California in football
