Andrew Hallidie introduced the cable car to San Francisco after witnessing a horse and carriage accident.
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested in New York State for illegally voting in the presidential race.
Arbor Day was celebrated for the first time in America in Nebraska.
The Yellowstone National Park Protection Act went into law, making it the first National Park in the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the first time in New York City.
The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles.
Great Chicago Fire begins.
Wisconsin was struck by the deadliest wildfire in US history.
Jesse James, his brother Frank and their gang stormed into Obocock Bank, Corydon, Iowa.
San Francisco's skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city's western side.
President Ulysses S. Grant founded the US Weather Bureau.
The United States Weather Bureau made its first comprehensive weather forecast.
A Woman casts her Vote in the US for the first time.
The Transcontinental Railroad linking up the East and West halves of the US was completed in Colorado.
The US Federal Trademark Act began, which allowed authorization of Trademarks.
The United States Department of Justice was formed.
Congress passed the Enforcement Act.
Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City was founded.
The US adopted the 15th Amendment, guaranteeing citizens the right to vote.
The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
Utah became the second state to grant women the right to vote.
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).
US cavalrymen massacred 200 Piegan Blackfeet in the Marias Massacre.
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
The United States experienced a financial panic known as "Black Friday."
The Waffle Iron is Patented in the United States.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
George Westinghouse Jr. patented steam power brake devices in the US.
John Willis Menard of Louisiana Became the First African American to Address the U.S. House of Representatives.
The United States ratified the 14th Amendment to allow former slaves citizenship in the US.
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
The Reno Gang robbed its fourth train.
The US Senate failed to impeach President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
The University of California was founded.
Andrew Johnson became the first US President to be impeached.
Charles Dickens gave his first public reading.
The US bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Nebraska became the 37th state to join the United States of America.
The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
The world's first roller skating rink opened in Rhode Island.
Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the United States.
The US Congress approved the 5 cent nickel.
Jesse James performed his first daylight armed robbery in the US.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.
James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
