President: Chester A. Arthur until March 4th; Grover Cleveland thereafter
VP: vacant until March 4th; Thomas A. Hendricks until Nov 25th; vacant thereafter
Date, Event
Jan 4th The nation's first appendectomy is performed
Feb 16th Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Feb 18th Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the United States
Feb 21st President Chester A. Arthur dedicates the Washington Monument
Mar 3rd American Telephone & Telegraph is incorporated in New York
Mar 4th Grover Cleveland is inaugurated as the 22nd President
Mar 13th President Cleveland warns settlers to stay off Indian lands in Oklahoma (Indian Territory)
May 17th Geronimo & 134 Apaches escape the San Carlos Reservation in AZ Territory & begin a series of raids. 73 civilians & soldiers are slain in the process
Jun 17th The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
Jul 6th Louis Pasteur successfully tests a cure for rabies laying the ground work for other vaccines
Jul 23rd President U.S. Grant dies. For 2 days & 2 nights, a line a mile long files past the body as he lies in state in NY
Sep 2nd The Rock Springs Massacre: 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, & wounding 15 in Rock Springs, WY
Sep 9th The American Economic Association is founded
Nov 6th The Carson City Mint discontinues coinage operations (until 1889)
Nov 25th Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks dies in office
Dec 1st Dr. Pepper is served for the first time
Dec 19th Indians attack the 8th Cavalry at Little Dry Creek, NM killing 5 soldiers
Other
There are 20,000 bison in N. America, down from 395,000 in 1880
The first skyscraper is completed in Chicago, IL (10 floors)
Garbage disposal becomes a problem in cities requiring immediate solutions
Births
Feb 24th Chester W. Nimitz (Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy, World War II)
Nov 11th George S. Patton (U.S. Army General, World War II)
Deaths
Jul 23rd Ulysses S. Grant (18th President)
Dec 8th William Vanderbilt (Businessman/Owner, NY Central RR/Philanthropist)
