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Treating Dogs Horribly
The city-run shelter in Brooklyn was operated, as described in The World, June 23, 1887, "In a manner greatly detrimental to the public health and the dogs are treated in a most inhumane manner." -
The Overthrow of Hawaii
The precipitating event leading to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893 was the attempt by Queen Liliuokalani to promulgate a new constitution that would have strengthened the power of the monarch relative to the legislature, where Euro-American business elites held disproportionate power. -
The Klondike Gold Rush Started
Thousands join the Klondike Gold Rush, including London, who journeys to Alaska in July 1897. He returns to Oakland one year later, suffering from scurvy. -
Jack London Goes To The Yukon For The Gold Rush
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Italy's King Assassinated
On the evening of July 30, anarchist Angelo Bresci shot the king of Italy, King Umberto I, three times. The assassination was in retaliation for a violently crushed 1898 labor revolt. His son, Victor Emmanuel III, succeeded him. -
U.S. President William McKinley Assassinated
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The Call of the Wild Published
London publishes nineteen books, including The Call of the Wild (1903). -
The California Ranch
London divorces his first wife, buys a California ranch, and marries Charmian Kittredge, 1905. -
White Fang is published
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RailRoads In The Past
Ground is broken on Sept. 7th by San Diego mayor John F. Forward dedicating the start of John D. Spreckels' San Diego & Arizona Railway.
