Key Events in American History: 1884
President: Chester A. Arthur
VP: vacant
Date, Event
Jan 20th Arizona's Wickenburg stagecoach is robbed near Prescott
Feb 9th 700 people are killed by tornadoes in the South
May 1st The 8-hour work day is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades & Labour Unions.
Jul 15th The only Indian battle reported by the military in 1884 occurs in Wormington Canyon, CO. Two settlers are killed.
Aug 5th The cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor
August Doc Holliday's last gunfight occurs in Leadville, CO
Oct 16th Armed with 6-guns and a Winchester, Marshal Bill Tilghman persuades drunken & disorderly cowboys to leave Dodge City, KS
October 24 time zones are established around the world to develop standardized time for the globe
Nov 4th In the presidential election, New York Governor, Grover Cleveland defeats James Blaine
November Wells Fargo issues a report citing losses of $905 thousand, 336 robberies & 36 deaths over the prior 14 years
Dec 1st Near Frisco, NM, deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want him dead
Dec 6th The Washington Monument is completed
December Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Other
Depression of 1882-1885
A 10 story building is constructed in Chicago using the invention of the steel skeleton.
The Louisville Slugger bat is introduced by Hillerich & Bradsby in Kentucky
Southern blacks are prevented from voting by the Ku Klux Klan
Dorr E. Felt invents the first accurate adding machine
Smokeless gun powder is developed
A series of tornadoes in the Midwest destroys approximately 10,000 buildings & kill about 800 people
Births
May 8th Harry S. Truman (33rd President)
Oct 11th Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady)
Deaths
Jul 1st Allan Pinkerton (Founder of the Detective Agency)
Dec 23rd John Chisum (Cattle Baron)
