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January 1 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)
January 15 Weekly Herald, 1st Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes 1st issue
January 19 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in U.S., founded in Minnesota
January 26 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
January 27 1st British government of Salisbury resigns
January 29 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
February 9 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence February 12 2nd British government of Salisbury forms February 13 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class February 23 Aluminum manufacturing process developed February 23 London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad February 23 Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres March 6 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA March 6 1st U.S. nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York City | |
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