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Telephone Invented
Alexander Graham Bell transmits a human voice over a telephone wire. -
Hayes Inaugurated
Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated President. -
Garfield Inaugurated
James A. Garfield is inaugurated President. -
Garfield Assassinated - Arthur Inaugurated
President Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau and would later die of his wounds on September 19th. Chester A. Arthur would also be inaugurated President on September 19th. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
President Arthur signs the Chinese Exclusion Act into law which prohibits Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States. -
America's Standard Time Zones Created
American railroads divide the U.S. into four time zones -
Cleveland Inaugurated
Grover Cleveland is inaugurated President. -
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 allowed the government to regulate railroad prices in order to prevent monopolization. -
Railroad Strike of 1887
Railroad workers walk off the job at Camden Junction, Maryland, starting a national railroad strike. -
Harrison Inaugurated
Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated President. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
About three hundred Lakota people are massacred by soldiers in the U.S. Army. -
Cleveland Inaugurated Again
Grover Cleveland is inaugurated President for the second time - the first and only time in American history that a President has served two non-consecutive terms. -
Utah Admitted to the Union
Utah renounces polygamy and is finally admitted into the Union after four decades of applying for statehood. -
McKinley Inaugurated
William McKinley is inaugurated President. -
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Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between Spain and the U.S. over land in the Caribbean and Western Pacific. The war would end after the signing of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. -
Hawaii Annexed
President McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution which annexes Hawaii into the United States.