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Events on the year of 1893 in history

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01 Jan 1893 1st US college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago
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01 Jan 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
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02 Jan 1893 1st US commemoratives and 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued
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04 Jan 1893 US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
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06 Jan 1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
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06 Jan 1893 The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
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07 Jan 1893 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat, " premieres in Berlin
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10 Jan 1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "The Magic Flute" premieres, St Petersburg
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11 Jan 1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2 35)
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13 Jan 1893 U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
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13 Jan 1893 The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
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13 Jan 1893 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)
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17 Jan 1893 Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
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17 Jan 1893 -17
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17 Jan 1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
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19 Jan 1893 Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin.
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21 Jan 1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
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28 Jan 1893 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia" premieres in Boston
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31 Jan 1893 "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing
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31 Jan 1893 "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing
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01 Feb 1893 Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
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02 Feb 1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, New Jersey
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05 Feb 1893 Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 seconds)
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09 Feb 1893 Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud
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26 Feb 1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan
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26 Feb 1893 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500 meter (48 seconds)
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28 Feb 1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
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28 Feb 1893 The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
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28 Feb 1893 Edward Acheson, Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
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01 Mar 1893 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
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01 Mar 1893 Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla demonstrates Wireless power in St. Louis, Missouri.
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02 Mar 1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
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03 Mar 1893 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized
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03 Mar 1893 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture
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04 Mar 1893 Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US President (2nd term)
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09 Mar 1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs
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10 Mar 1893 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
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10 Mar 1893 New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before
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30 Mar 1893 Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
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01 Apr 1893 The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
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03 Apr 1893 1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
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05 Apr 1893 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
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06 Apr 1893 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision (111 rounds)
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06 Apr 1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
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06 Apr 1893 Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
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08 Apr 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink
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12 Apr 1893 Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
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22 Apr 1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
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22 Apr 1893 Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for 3rd time
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26 Apr 1893 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
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01 May 1893 The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
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04 May 1893 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging
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05 May 1893 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange
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10 May 1893 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
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10 May 1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39
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10 May 1893 Imperial Institute in London opens
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11 May 1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
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19 May 1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
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22 May 1893 Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game
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22 May 1893 Montr
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27 May 1893 Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland
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01 Jun 1893 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
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07 Jun 1893 Mohandas Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience.
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13 Jun 1893 Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
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16 Jun 1893 RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
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19 Jun 1893 Lizzie Bordon acquitted
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20 Jun 1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Massachusetts
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20 Jun 1893 Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
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20 Jun 1893 Lizzie Borden found innocent in New Bedford Mass
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21 Jun 1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition)
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22 Jun 1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut
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22 Jun 1893 The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
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27 Jun 1893 Great stock crash on New York stock exchange
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30 Jun 1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered
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01 Jul 1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
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06 Jul 1893 British King George V marries Princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)
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09 Jul 1893 Dr Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia
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11 Jul 1893 The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
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11 Jul 1893 A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
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14 Jul 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #370 Modestia
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15 Jul 1893 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan
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16 Jul 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia
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22 Jul 1893 Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful, " in Colorado
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25 Jul 1893 The Corinth Canal in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece is used for the first time.
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31 Jul 1893 Henry Perky patents shredded wheat
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01 Aug 1893 Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat
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07 Aug 1893 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes
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09 Aug 1893 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York
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10 Aug 1893 Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act
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14 Aug 1893 France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
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14 Aug 1893 France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test
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15 Aug 1893 Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
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15 Aug 1893 US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea
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20 Aug 1893 Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland
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24 Aug 1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die
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30 Aug 1893 13rd US Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64)
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04 Sep 1893 English Author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit
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07 Sep 1893 The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
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11 Sep 1893 Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave
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11 Sep 1893 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
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11 Sep 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions opens in Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivers his speech on fanaticism, tolerance and the truth inherent in all religions.
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16 Sep 1893 Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
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16 Sep 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders
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19 Sep 1893 New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote
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19 Sep 1893 Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
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20 Sep 1893 Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
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21 Sep 1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st US made gas propelled vehicle (car)
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22 Sep 1893 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
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01 Oct 1893 3rd worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 (Mississippi)
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06 Oct 1893 Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
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14 Oct 1893 George Edwardes "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
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14 Oct 1893 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret
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25 Oct 1893 Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr Jameson beats Ndebeles
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27 Oct 1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina
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27 Oct 1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC
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28 Oct 1893 Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
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30 Oct 1893 Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
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04 Nov 1893 Dr Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland
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07 Nov 1893 State Colorado accept female suffrage
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14 Nov 1893 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt, " premieres in Berlin
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18 Nov 1893 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
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19 Nov 1893 1st newspaper color supplement (NY World)
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28 Nov 1893 New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election.
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29 Nov 1893 The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing dynasty China, after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
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03 Dec 1893 Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia
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04 Dec 1893 First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
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05 Dec 1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
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11 Dec 1893 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
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15 Dec 1893 Dvor
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16 Dec 1893 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
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17 Dec 1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France
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20 Dec 1893 1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
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23 Dec 1893 The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
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23 Dec 1893 The opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)
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24 Dec 1893 Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor
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28 Dec 1893 French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu
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30 Dec 1893 Russia signs military accord with France
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