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HISTORY FACTS 1880s
Poet Emily Dickinson dies in Amherst, MA, on May 15, 1886.
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HISTORY FACTS 1880s
On March 11-14, 1888, the "Great Blizzard of 1888" blankets parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut with up to 50 inches of snow.
HISTORY FACTS 1880s
At noon on April 22, 1889, a starting gun announced the start of the "Oklahoma Land Rush." Approximately 50,000 would-be settlers rush to stake their claim to the 1.92 million acres of land previously given to American Indian tribes.
HISTORY FACTS 1880s
The May 31, 1889, "Johnstown Flood" kills more than 2,200 people after heavy rain destroys the South Fork Dam.
HISTORY FACTS 1880s
In November 1889, North and South Dakota (November 2), Montana (November 8), and Washington (November 11) are admitted to statehood.
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HISTORY FACTS 1890s
Photographer Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives, in 1890, documenting the horrible living conditions immigrants faced living in New York City's tenements.
HISTORY FACTS 1890s
Wyoming and Idaho are admitted as the 43rd and 44th states in July 1890.
HISTORY FACTS 1890s
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first performance at New York's Carnegie Hall on May 5, 1891.
HISTORY FACTS 1890s
The Ellis Island Immigration Station begins processing immigrants to the United States on January 1, 1892.
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HISTORY FACTS 1890s
More than 25 million people visit the 1893 Chicago World Columbian Exposition between May 1 and October 30, 1893.
HISTORY FACTS 1890s
On September 20, 1893, the Duryea Brothers road-test the first-ever, American-made, gasoline-powered automobile in Springfield, Massachusetts.
HISTORY FACTS 1890s
On August 28, 1894, Congress passes the first graduated income tax. The U.S. Supreme Court declares the "direct tax" unconstitutional the following year.
HISTORY FACTS 1890s
Ex-slave and civil rights advocate Frederick Douglass dies on February 20, 1895.
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HISTORY FACTS 1890s
The first U.S. Golf Open is held in Newport, RI, on October 4, 1895.