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lasted 2 days. The fire killed 300 people and left more than 100,000 people homeless
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US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
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Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'
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H.H Holmes buys a ticket to EngleWood. This was the first introduction of H.H Holmes
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It is a new years celebration
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work begins on the Eiffel Tower. Names after Gustave Eiffel is an engineer and architect.
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anne Sullivan Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller.
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Louis Sullivan Dankmar Adler start construction of the Auditorium building
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Paris' World fair opens
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the construction of the Auditorium is finised
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Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
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Ellis Island, New York, designated as an immigration station
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A storm destroys the liberal arts building and construction of the fair.
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Chicago's World Fair is open to public
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Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience
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A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
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80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethopia
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Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. He recieved the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
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Holmes was given the death penalty and dies from hanging.
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1st comic strip f mickey mouse appears
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The Communist Party of Vietnam is established.
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Paul Starret leads construction of the Empire State building.
