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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
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Colorado becomes the 38th state in the US
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Edison and his team of researchers in Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J., tested more than 3,000 designs for bulbs between 1878 and 1880. In November 1879, Edison filed a patent for an electric lamp with a carbon filament.
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On July 2, 1881, President Garfield was shot and died on September 19, 1881
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It was enacted by the 49th United States Congress. It authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans.
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Washington has its admissions to Union
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was passed in the request of farmers and miners. They requested the government to pass the it for their interests.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed by Spain and the United States. It ended the Spanish–American War. It was effective since April 11, 1899. It helped the United States became a world power.
