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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the U.S. Calvary in Montana.
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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th President of the United States. -
Rutherford B Hayes called in armed forces to control riots in Pittsburgh and a workers rebellion in St. Louis. -
Battle of White Bird Canyon: Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry in Idaho territory.
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Thomas Edison creates the light bulb. -
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph. It can record sound and demonstrates on November 29th. -
Battle of Shipka Pass: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
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Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania are completely independent.
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First female students admitted to Oxford to study for degrees/ -
First street light is installed in Wabash, Indiana.
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Becomes the first electrically lit city in the world.
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The world's first electric tram service is started in Berlin
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Established by Clara Barton
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President Garfield is assassinated.
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The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place in Tombstone, Arizona.
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U.S. Congress passes the 1882 Immigration Act
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U.S. Cavalry fired on Lakota people who had gathered.
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Thomas Edison finishes his first motion picture studio.
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United States declared war on Spain
