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Congress authorizes native Indian removal from all states to western prairie
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Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X
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Josephine Cochrane, a housewife from Shelbyville, Illinois, invents and builds the First Dishwater.
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Karl Benz, created an automobile called the, "Motorwagen" it only had three wheels.
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George Eastman created the modern photograph film technology.
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Joseph Fox provided the land upon which to build a golf course in located in Foxburg, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest golf course in continuous use in the United States.
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Cultural EventsGeorge Eastman introduces the Kodak No 1, a simple and inexpensive Box Camera that enabled people to take pictures.
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President William McKinley wins his second term as president, this time with Theodore Roosevelt in the second spot on the ticket, again defeating William J. Bryan by an Electoral Margin of 292 to 155.
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The first direct primary system in the United States is begun in the state of Wisconsin.
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The first modern World Series of Major League Baseball is held between the American and National Leagues after two years of bitter rivalry.
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Rotary Club of Businessmen is founded with the first chapter in Chicago, Illinois.
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The city of Las Vegas, Nevada is formed with the sale of one hundred and ten acres in the downtown area
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The first Native American Senator, Charles Curtis, from Kansas, takes office.
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William Howard Taft is elected President, 321 to 162 Electoral Votes, over Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, who had twice before been defeated for the office by William McKinley in 1896 and 1900.
