College students illegally produced America's first X-ray photo.
Utah became the 45th state to join the United States of America.
Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
Utah State ratified the women's right to vote in their state constitution.
Englishman wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
Caroline Willard Baldwin became the first woman in the USA to earn a PhD.
Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Labor Day became an official US holiday.
The Polio epidemic took hold for the first time in the US at Rutland, Vermont.
The world's favorite soda, Coca-Cola, was sold in glass bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
The Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in American schools.
Notorious American outlaws, The Dalton Brothers, set out to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The first-ever American football game played at night occurred in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.
Abby and Andrew Borden are murdered.
Abercrombie & Fitch opened their first store in Manhattan, New York City, US.
The Sierra Club was formed.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
The rules of Basketball are published.
Black men were chased away by gunmen after trying to rescue white survivors during a mine explosion.
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.
The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place.
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
The United States Congress established Yosemite National Park.
The US Congress abolished the gold dollar and three-dollar coins.
Sequoia National Park was established in the Sierra Nevada region of California, USA, by the National park service.
Wyoming became the 44th state to join the United States of America.
Idaho became the 43rd state to join the United States of America.
The territory of Oklahoma was incorporated.
US President Benjamin Harrison dedicated the Chicago Auditorium which was designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler.
The jukebox was presented for the first time at a Palais Royale, Saloon in San Francisco, California, US.
Washington became the 42nd state to join the United States of America.
Montana became the 41st state to join the United States of America.
North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th & 40th states to join the United States of America.
The Wall Street Journal issued its first paper.
Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby ever to use an incubator.
American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel was granted the patent for the revolving door.
Herman Hollerith patents his punch card calculator.
The Charleston earthquake occurred, making it one of the most devastating to affect the US East Coast.
Crocker-Woolworth National Bank formed its headquarters in San Francisco.
Dr. John Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.
A national strike began in the United States, calling for an eight-hour workday instead of 12 hours.
