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A battle between the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes against Colonel George Custer and his troops. Custer was unaware of the size of the tribe's warriors and was quickly overwhelmed by them. This became known as Custers Last Stand -
Thomas Edison announces his completion of the first photograph by recording sound off of tinfoil cylinders -
President Garfield was shot in the Potomac Railroad station by Charles Guiteau and died 79 days later
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A gift from France to show our alliance, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated to the New York harbor -
Grover Cleveland, the current holder of office, was defeated by his opponent Benjamin Harris in electoral votes, but not popular votes -
The damn started to show concern when it spillway became clogged with debris‘s. An engineer saw signs of disaster and tried to warn the town, but the telegraph lines were out. Jonestown was swept away by the 40 mph water and it took over 2,200 lives.
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US Calvary open fire on innocent men women and children in the Lakota tribe. -
A protest march for the unemployed led by Jacob Coxey
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in American battleship that exploded in a harbor in Havana, Cuba -
due to the events with the USS Maine in February the US declared war on Spain