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| 121 | 1876 | <strong>In UK</strong>: Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister – Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative). The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the first registered trademark symbol.<br /><strong>In USA</strong>: President is Ulysses S. Grant (R-Illinois). The United States celebrates its centennial. Colorado becomes the 38th U.S. state. Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland. Alexander Graham Bell patents the <em>telephone</em> - the first call is "<em>Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you</em>". Thomas Edison patents his <em>mimeograph</em>. Heinz Tomato Ketchup introduced. Wild Bill Hickok is killed while in a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota. Wyatt Earp starts work in Dodge City, Kansas. At the <em>Battle of the Little Bighorn</em>, Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his army were defeated by 1,500-2,500 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. | 23-Jun-2021 10:33 | |
| 122 | 1878 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative). US President is Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio). The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison. Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates the telephone to Queen Victoria. London introduces Electric street lighting on the Thames Embankment and Waterloo Bridge. In the USA, the <em>Bland–Allison Act</em> leads to the first minting of the Morgan dollar. | 26-Feb-2021 13:05 | |
| 123 | 1879 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative). US President is Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio). Anglo-Zulu War starts; Zulu troops massacre British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana but at Rorke's Drift outnumbered British soldiers fight back. In USA, Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting for the first time while back in the UK Blackpool Illuminations switch on for the first time. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 124 | 1880 | <strong>UK</strong>: Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative), but on 23 April it is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). Great fogs continue to engulf London. Greenwich Mean Time adopted as the legal standard. First Boer War starts. <br /><strong>USA</strong>: President is Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio). It the United States Census year and the population is counted as 50,155,783. Wabash, Indiana becomes the first city lit by electric lighting in the world. The University of Southern California (USC) opens and has 53 students, it is the oldest private research University in California. | 22-Mar-2021 09:05 | |
| 125 | 1881 | <strong>In UK,</strong> Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). It is time of the First Boer War. 1881 is a census year in the United Kingdom. The Natural History Museum opens in London. In fiction, Sherlock Holmes meets Dr John H. Watson for the first time (later told in Conan Doyle's <em>A Study in Scarlet</em>).<br /><strong>In USA</strong>, For the second time in American history (after 1841), the USA had three Presidents in one calendar year starting with Rutherford B. Hayes, then on March 4th James A. Garfield (who died in September after being shot), and on September 19th Vice-President Chester A. Arthur took over the Presidency. Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the <em>Oriental Telephone Company</em>. It's a memorable year for Western fans: The <em>Gunfight at the O.K. Corral</em> occurs in Tombstone, Arizona; Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett; and Sioux Chief Sitting Bull leads in the Indian Wars. | 22-Mar-2021 09:05 | |
| 126 | 1882 | <strong>In UK</strong>: Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). Holborn Viaduct power station in London becomes the world's first coal-fired public electricity generating station supplying street lighting and some other buildings. The England cricket team is beaten for the first time in a home Test by Australia; a Sporting Times reporter burns the bails refers to the "The Ashes". Lager is brewed for the first time in the UK.<br /><strong>In USA</strong>: US President is Chester A. Arthur (R-New York). There was no Vice-President. The first Labor Day parade is held in New York City. Thomas Edison does street lighting in America, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan and later builds the first string of Christmas lights. Standard Oil of New Jersey is formed, renamed to Exxon in 1972. Jesse James was shot by a fellow outlaw so as to claim the reward, while Morgan Earp is killed by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone. | 22-Mar-2021 09:05 | |
| 127 | 1883 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). US President is Chester A. Arthur (R-New York). The GPO (General Post Office) officially renames "letter carrier" to "Postman". Brooklyn Bridge is opened, it took 13 years to build. Robert Louis Stevenson publishes <em>Treasure Island</em>. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens In Omaha, Nebraska. | 22-Mar-2021 09:05 | |
| 128 | 1884 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). US President is Chester A. Arthur (R-New York). NSPCC is founded. Alaska becomes a United States territory. Mark Twain writes <em>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 129 | 1885 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal), then on 23 June it is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Chester A. Arthur (R-New York) then on 4 March it is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the <em>Dow Jones Industrial Average</em>. Professional football is legalised in Britain. Mark Twain publishes the <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 130 | 1886 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative), then on 1st February it is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) then from 25th July is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) again. US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York), who marries Frances Folsom in the White House, the only president to marry in the executive mansion. First Crufts dog show held in London. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 131 | 1887 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria, who in June celebrated her Golden Jubilee for 50 years of her reign. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Grover Cleveland (Democrat). St John Ambulance Brigade is introduced. Hammersmith Bridge opens in London. The Hovis process for making breadmaking flour is patented. Celtic F.C. is formed in Glasgow. The first Sherlock Holmes novel <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> by Arthur Conan Doyle is published. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London. Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky first distilled. | 07-Jun-2018 11:18 | |
| 132 | 1888 | <strong>In UK</strong>: Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). <em>Jack the Ripper</em> kills women in London, known as the Whitechapel murders. <em>Snakes and Ladders</em> is first played in UK, it was originally an Indian game.<br /><strong>In USA</strong>: President: Grover Cleveland (D-New York). There is no vice-President. George Eastman founds <em>The Eastman Kodak Company</em>. | 26-Mar-2021 14:33 | |
| 133 | 1889 | The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). In the USA, Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated as 23rd president, replacing Grover Cleveland. Birmingham (UK) is granted City status. Jerome K. Jerome writes <em>Three Men in a Boat</em>. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack publishes its first Wisden Cricketers of the Year (actually called Six Great Bowlers of the Year). Preston North End win the League and FA Cup final with a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Kennington Oval, London. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 134 | 1890 | The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. The Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). The Forth Bridge in Scotland opens, the longest in Britain. Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. State and Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. State. Oscar Wilde publishes <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>. In the USA, The <em>Sherman Antitrust Act</em> becomes United States law. The Sequoia National Park and the Yosemite National Park created. Brooklyn printer Robert Gair invents the corrugated cardboard box. | 26-Feb-2021 13:05 | |
| 135 | 1891 | The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). Stanford University in California opens. The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago. <em>Sherlock Holmes</em> by Arthur Conan Doyle makes his debut in The Strand Magazine. Jesse W. Reno invents the first working escalator at Coney Island, New York City. | 26-Feb-2021 13:05 | |
| 136 | 1892 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) and then on 15 August it is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) after a General Election. US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). Thomas Edison patents a two-way telegraph. Arthur Conan Doyle's publishes <em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 137 | 1893 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), then on 4th March it is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). First British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (at Royal Lytham & St Annes). | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 138 | 1894 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) who resigns and then from 5th March is Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Liberal). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). Tower Bridge in London opened. Blackpool Tower opened. Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open the first Marks & Spencer store in Manchester. Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. Milton S. Hershey creates the Hershey Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 139 | 1895 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), then from 25 July it is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Coalition). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). The National Trust is founded. The FA Cup is stolen from a shop window in Birmingham and it is never recovered. The first professional American football game is played. English golfer Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament. H. G. Wells publishes <em>The Time Machine</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 140 | 1896 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria, and is now the longest reigning monarch. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). Utah becomes the 45th U.S. State. The Summer Olympics Games are held in Athens, Greece - they are the first Olympics in modern history; Britain and Ireland win 2 gold medals. In the Cricket County Championship, Yorkshire scores 887 against Warwickshire, still a record. Blackpool Pleasure Beach opens. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 |