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Current President
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The Centennial Exposition was held to celebrate the 1st 100 years of signing the Declaration of Independence
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Carl von Linde invents the refrigerator
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Nicholaus Otto invents Internal Combustion Engine
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Constitution of 1876.The Constitution of 1876 is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since independence from Mexico was achieved in 1836. It was framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875 and adopted on February 15, 1876
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors.
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William Wheeler is sworn in as the 19th Vice President of the United States
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Rutherford Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President of the United States
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Thomas Alva Edison invented the cylinder phonograph
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Desert Land Act was passed to encourage and promote the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands of the Western states.
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Joseph swan invented the electric light bulb
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James Ritty invented the Cash Register
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Walter Camp invented the sport of American Football
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James Garfield is sworn in as the 20th President of the United States
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Chester Arthur is sworn in as the 21st President of the United States.
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Schuyler Skaats Wheeler invented the first electric fan
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William LeBaron Jenney designed the first skyscraper
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Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 22nd President of the United States
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Thomas Hendricks is sworn in as the 22nd Vice President of the United States
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The first pocket box Kodak camera was in use
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Sylvanus F. Bowser invented the gasoline pump
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Benjamin Harrison is sworn in as the 23rd President of the United States
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Levi Morton is sworn in as the 23rd Vice President of the United States
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Montana and Washington become states.
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The Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania left many dead, widowed, and orphaned
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Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz first 4 wheel automobile
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idaho and Wyoming become states
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General Electric Started
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The Bureau of Immigration is established.
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Ellis Island replaces Castle Garden. Ellis Island opened to screen immigrants entering on east coast. (Angel Island screened those on west coast.) Ellis Island officials reported that women traveling alone must be met by a man, or they were immediately deported.
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John Froelich invented the first gasoline powered tractor
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George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel
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Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the 24th President of the United States
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Adlai Stevenson is sworn in as the 24th Vice President of the United States
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Rudolph Diesel invented the diesel fueled internal combustion engine called the Diesel engine
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Corn Flakes invented
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Guglielmo Marconi invents the first practical radio signaling system
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William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th President of the United States
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Garret Hobart is sworn in as the 25th Vice President of the United States
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Pine-frame buildings on Ellis Island are burned to the ground in a disastrous fire.
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Nikola Tesla invents the induction coil or Tesla coil, a device essential to sending and receiving radio waves.
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Campbell's Soup invented
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The United States declares war on Spain. Over 300,000 men were involved in the Spanish-American War which was fought mainly in Cuba and the Philippines.
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The United States annexes Hawaii
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The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris 1898, officially ending the Spanish-American War
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Pepsi created
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The United States annexes Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
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Joshua Lionel-Cowen invented the flash lamp
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The Treaty of Berlin, known in the Pacific as the Anglo-German Samoa Convention, was signed on 14 November, 1899 between the United States, Germany, and the British. The treaty was formed when an outbreak of tribal warfare occurred. Based on the terms of the treaty, Samoa was divided between Germany and the United States. Western Samoa went to Germany, while Eastern Samoa went to the United States.
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The islands were annexed by the United States in 1900
