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Lt. Col Custer and his regiment are defeated by Sioux Indians
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Court rules states may regulate warehouse rates
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The trust was designed to allow John Rockefeller and other Standard Oil stockholders to get around state laws prohibiting one company from owning stock in another.
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Elected as 22nd president
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Established the Interstate Commerce Commission to stop discriminatory and predatory pricing practices
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Aimed to limit anti-competitive practices, such as those institutionalized in cartels and monopolistic corporations.
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Grover Cleveland is elected a second time, as the 24th president. He is the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
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USS Maine is blown up in Havana harbor, which later prompts U.S. to declare war on Spain.
