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The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the earliest and largest suspension bridges of its time, was a symbol of American ingenuity and immigration. Its construction spanned 14 years and costed the lives of countless immigrants.
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The invention of the telephone revolutionized both the communication industry, but other industries that relied on effective communication. On this day, Bell made the first successful telephone call.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated as president, and comes into office under a cloud of suspicion, being called "His Fraudulency."
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Signed by President Chester Arthur, the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the immigration of all Chinese laborers.
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The Dawes Allotment Act allowed the US Government to break up Native American reservation and give land to individual Natives. This decreased the total land owned by the Natives.
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The Wounded Knee Massacre was the killing of over 150 Lakota Men, Women, and Children by the US Army.
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Ellis Island was opened in New York Harbor to help process the influx of immigrants to the United States.
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Acetylsalicylic acid helps cure minor pains, headaches, and fevers. It was invented by Felix Hoffman.
