President: Rutherford B. Hayes until March 4th; James A. Garfield until Sep 19th; Chester A. Arthur thereafter
VP: William A. Wheeler until March 4th; Chester A. Arthur until September 19th; vacant thereafter
Date, Event
Jan 1st Pat Garrett is sworn as Lincoln County's sheriff
Jan 25th Thomas Edison & Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company
Feb 19th Kansas becomes the first state to ban all alcoholic beverages
Mar 4th James A. Garfield assumes the Presidency as the 20th President
Apr 14th Four Dead in 5 Seconds gunfight occurs in El Paso, TX
Apr 28th Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County Jail in Mesilla, NM & killing two in the process
May 10th 2 mailbags are stolen from a Wells Fargo stagecoach en route from Canyon Diablo to Flagstaff, AZ. They contain $125,000 in gold & silver coins and are never recovered.
May 21st Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross
Jul 2nd President Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau at a train station in Washington D.C.
Jul 14th Billy the Kid (age 21) is shot & killed by Pat Garrett
Jul 19th Sitting Bull & 187 Sioux surrender to Major Brotherton in Dakota Territory
Aug 27th The 5th hurricane of the season hits Florida & the Carolinas killing about 700
Sep 19th President Garfield dies 11 weeks after being shot after an infection of his wound
Sep 19th Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st President
Oct 26th The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurs in Tombstone, AZ. Frank & Tom McLaury & Billy Clanton are killed
October The biggest train robbery in Colorado occurs north of Colorado Springs as robbers make off with $145,000
Dec 28th Virgil Earp is ambushed in Tombstone, AZ and loses the use of his left arm
Other
Mark Twain publishes The Prince & the Pauper
Joel Chandle Harris publishes Uncle Remus: His Songs & Sayings
Henry James publishes Portrait of a Lady
P.T. Barnum joins with J.A. Bailey to form The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth
Births
Aug 6th Alexander Fleming (Biologist/Pharmacologist/Discovered Penicillin)
Oct 25th Pablo Picasso (Painter)
Deaths
Jul 14th Billy the Kid (Outlaw)
Jul 17th Jim Bridger (Mountain Man/Trapper/Scout/Guide)
