Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Inventor Richard Rhodes received the patent for a hearing aid.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
The war on the Pacific began after Chile declared war with Bolivia and Peru.
The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New York.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Madison Square Garden in New York City opened North America's first artificial ice rink.
Sandford Fleming proposes the use of time zones.
