01 Jan 1890
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The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held. |
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01 Jan 1890
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Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government. |
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02 Jan 1890
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Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
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03 Jan 1890
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1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
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07 Jan 1890
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W B Purvis patents fountain pen
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10 Jan 1890
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae
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10 Jan 1890
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Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot & Elaine" premieres
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21 Jan 1890
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1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
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22 Jan 1890
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Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in New York City
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22 Jan 1890
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The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio. |
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22 Jan 1890
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25 Jan 1890
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Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. |
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25 Jan 1890
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National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
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25 Jan 1890
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Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
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25 Jan 1890
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United Mine Workers of America forms
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10 Feb 1890
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Around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
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14 Feb 1890
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1st New South Wales vs South Australia 1st-class cricket game
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20 Feb 1890
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Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire
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27 Feb 1890
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D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
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27 Feb 1890
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D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 hours 39 minutes), San Francisco; match is draw
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01 Mar 1890
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1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
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02 Mar 1890
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Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19)
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04 Mar 1890
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The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. |
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18 Mar 1890
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1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
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20 Mar 1890
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General Federation of Womens' Clubs founded
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20 Mar 1890
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German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
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21 Mar 1890
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Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
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24 Mar 1890
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)
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27 Mar 1890
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A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200. |
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06 Apr 1890
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French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan
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07 Apr 1890
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Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal. |
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11 Apr 1890
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Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
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14 Apr 1890
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The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C. |
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14 Apr 1890
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Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington DC)
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18 Apr 1890
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New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton
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19 Apr 1890
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Henry Morton Stanley is inaugurated in Brussels
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26 Apr 1890
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Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
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27 Apr 1890
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French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Ouss
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02 May 1890
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Territory of Oklahoma created
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06 May 1890
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Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
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12 May 1890
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Louisiana legalized prize fighting
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13 May 1890
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18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
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13 May 1890
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Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
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14 May 1890
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16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
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17 May 1890
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Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel" premieres in NYC
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17 May 1890
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Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London
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17 May 1890
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Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry" premieres in Rome
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24 May 1890
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Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
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24 May 1890
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Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
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24 May 1890
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Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
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30 May 1890
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1st Dodger homerun (Dave Foutz)
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01 Jun 1890
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US census at 62,622,250
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01 Jun 1890
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The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. |
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06 Jun 1890
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United States Polo Association forms, New York City
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09 Jun 1890
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Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
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10 Jun 1890
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24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington wins in 2:07.75
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13 Jun 1890
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Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named
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27 Jun 1890
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George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)
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01 Jul 1890
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Great-Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
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01 Jul 1890
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Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable. |
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02 Jul 1890
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The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. |
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03 Jul 1890
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King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
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03 Jul 1890
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Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state. |
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10 Jul 1890
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Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
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10 Jul 1890
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Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. |
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10 Jul 1890
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Wyoming becomes 44th state
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15 Jul 1890
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A Charlois discovers asteroid #294 Felicia
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17 Jul 1890
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Cecil Rhodes becomes Premier of Cape colony
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20 Jul 1890
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"Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing
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20 Jul 1890
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Snow and hail in Calais, Maine
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26 Jul 1890
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In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation. |
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05 Aug 1890
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British and French accord to divide African colonization
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06 Aug 1890
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Cy Young pitches andwins 1st game
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06 Aug 1890
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Denton True "Cy" Young pitched his 1st major league baseball game
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06 Aug 1890
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At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. |
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07 Aug 1890
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Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder. |
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08 Aug 1890
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Daughters of American Revolution organizes
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09 Aug 1890
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1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations
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16 Aug 1890
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Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia
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01 Sep 1890
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1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs. Pittsburgh
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03 Sep 1890
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Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
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12 Sep 1890
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Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded. |
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16 Sep 1890
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Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers
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19 Sep 1890
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Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540
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23 Sep 1890
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Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning
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24 Sep 1890
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President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned
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24 Sep 1890
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. |
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25 Sep 1890
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Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (California)
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25 Sep 1890
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG)
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25 Sep 1890
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The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. |
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25 Sep 1890
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Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG)
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26 Sep 1890
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US stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece
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29 Sep 1890
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1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City
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01 Oct 1890
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Congress creates Weather Bureau
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01 Oct 1890
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Yosemite National Park forms
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01 Oct 1890
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Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress. |
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03 Oct 1890
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Captain Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo
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06 Oct 1890
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Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
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09 Oct 1890
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League"
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11 Oct 1890
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1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4 / 5 seconds, Washington DC)
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11 Oct 1890
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In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. |
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11 Oct 1890
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Daughters of the American Revolution founded
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12 Oct 1890
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Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed. |
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15 Oct 1890
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Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham
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18 Oct 1890
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John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
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23 Oct 1890
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Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)
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23 Oct 1890
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The opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)
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28 Oct 1890
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Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
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02 Nov 1890
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Formal and official founding of the Uddevalla Suffrage Association. |
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04 Nov 1890
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Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
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04 Nov 1890
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Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London)
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04 Nov 1890
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St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor, " premieres in Petersburg
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04 Nov 1890
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City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. |
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11 Nov 1890
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D McCree patents portable fire escape
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20 Nov 1890
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Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
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27 Nov 1890
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1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation
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29 Nov 1890
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The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes. |
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29 Nov 1890
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1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
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04 Dec 1890
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Willem III, Dutch King, buried
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15 Dec 1890
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Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre. |
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16 Dec 1890
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Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, Tennessee
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18 Dec 1890
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Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda
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19 Dec 1890
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" (BG)
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19 Dec 1890
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Beryl Coronet" (BG)
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21 Dec 1890
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Pim Mulier 1st and only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
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21 Dec 1890
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Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
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22 Dec 1890
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Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia. |
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26 Dec 1890
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King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
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29 Dec 1890
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US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
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29 Dec 1890
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Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment. |
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29 Dec 1890
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US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee SD; Indian "war" in the west
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31 Dec 1890
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Ellis Island (New York NY) opens as a US immigration depot
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