James A Garfield inaugurated as 20th president

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South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire

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California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation

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Holmes and Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet," 1st case together

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Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71

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John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi

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Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London

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Willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Cura‡ao)

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Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic pres since Civil War

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Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88

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Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)

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Pearl White, [Victoria], US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline)

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Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd president

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Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs)

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Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US president (2nd term)

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Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe

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Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed

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Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin

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Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball

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William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US

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Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968)

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Jean-Joseph Rab‚arivelo, Madagaskisch poet (Enfants d'Orph‚e)

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Charles H Goren, bridge master (26 US Titles)

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Term of George H White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends

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President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as president

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