Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
President Ulysses S. Grant founded the US Weather Bureau.
The United States Weather Bureau made its first comprehensive weather forecast.
The Transcontinental Railroad linking up the East and West halves of the US was completed in Colorado.
The Tower Subway in London became the first underground tube railway to open.
The US Federal Trademark Act began, which allowed authorization of Trademarks.
The United States Department of Justice was formed.
Congress passed the Enforcement Act.
Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City was founded.
The US adopted the 15th Amendment, guaranteeing citizens the right to vote.
The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
Utah became the second state to grant women the right to vote.
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).
The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
US cavalrymen massacred 200 Piegan Blackfeet in the Marias Massacre.
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
