Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
The infamous Bloody Sunday Protests were held in London.
The Manchester Ship Canal started its construction in Eastham, England.
Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.
The first eclipse observation from a hot air balloon took place at 11,500 feet altitude by Dmitri Mendeleev in Russia.
Canada's Banff National Park became the nation’s first national park.
Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
