| Year Summary | <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. |
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