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Marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. (lasted one day)
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Wins the 1876 presidential election, although not the popular vote. Inaugurated into office on March 4, 1877
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Thomas Edison combined the telegraph and the telephone to create the phonograph.
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James Garfield defeats Winfield Hancock in the U.S. Presidential election in 1880
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Outlaw, Billy the Kid, is shot and killed by lawman Pat Garrett in the New Mexico territory.
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After over a decade, the Brooklyn Bridge is opened. There was a huge celebration.
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Grover Cleveland is inaugurated into office as President of the United States.
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The Haymarket Riot began in Chicago when a bomb was tossed into a mass meeting called in support of striking workers.
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The Great Blizzard of 1888 strikes the East Coast of the United States.
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A wrongly constructed dam in Pennsylvania bursts open, resulting in the devastating Johnstown Flood.
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The Homestead Steel Strike in western Pennsylvania turned into a violent, day-long battle between Pinkerton men and townspeople.
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A decline in the New York stock market triggered the Panic of 1893.
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HMS Victoria dank off the coast of Syria during fleet maneuvers.
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U.S.S. Maine exploded off the coast of Havana.
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Irish immigrant, John Holland designed their first submarine and it was given to the U.S. Navy