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1893
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As of the start of 1893, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America, january 13 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. January 15 – The Telefon Hírmondó service starts with around 60 subscribers in Budapest, january 21 – The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. February 1 – Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio in West Orange, february 19 – The SS Naronic is believed to have sunk due to a storm. February 23 – Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine, february 24 – American University is established by an Act of Congress in Washington, D. C. February 28 – USS Indiana, the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to other battleships of this time, is launched. March 4 – Grover Cleveland is sworn in as President of the United States, march 10 – Ivory Coast becomes a French colony. March 20 – In Belgium, Adam Worth is sentenced to 7 years for robbery, april 1 – The rank of Chief Petty Officer is established in the United States Navy. April 6 – The iconic Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated after 40 years of construction, april 8 – The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania between the Geneva College Covenanters and the New Brighton YMCA. April 17 – Riots of Mons during the Belgian general strike of 1893, The day after, april 17 – The sorority Alpha Xi Delta is founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois. May – The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is formed, may 1 – The 1893 Worlds Fair, also known as the Worlds Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, USA. The first United States commemorative postage stamps are issued for the Exposition, may 5 – Panic of 1893, A crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression. May 9 – Edisons 1½ inch system of Kinetoscope is first demonstrated in public at the Brooklyn Institute, may 10 – Nix v. Hedden, the United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable. June 6 – Prince George, Duke of York marries Mary of Teck, june 7 – Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience in India. June 17 – Gold is found in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, june 20 – The Wengernalpbahn railway in Wengen, Switzerland is opened. June 20 – Lizzie Borden acquitted of murdering her parents in Fall River, june 22 – The flagship HMS Victoria of the British Mediterranean Fleet collides with HMS Camperdown and sinks in 10 minutes, Vice-admiral Sir George Tryon goes down with his ship. July 1 – U. S. President Grover Cleveland is operated on in secret, July 6 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado,71 people are killed and 200 injured. July 11 A revolution led by general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over power in Nicaragua
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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1891 in the United States
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Events from the year 1891 in the United States. President, Benjamin Harrison Vice President, Levi P, January 29 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii. March 3 – The International Copyright Act of 1891 is passed by the Fifty-first United States Congress, march 14 – In New Orleans, a lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians who had been found not guilty of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy. March 15 – Jesse W. Reno patents the first escalator at Coney Beach, april 1 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago. May 5 – The Music Hall in New York has its opening and first public performance. May 20 – Thomas Edisons prototype kinetoscope is first displayed at Edisons Laboratory, june 1 – The Johnstown Inclined Plane opens in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. June 21 – First long-distance transmission of alternating current by the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado by Lucien, october 1 – Stanford University in California opens its doors. November 28 – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is organized in St. Louis, december 17 – Drexel University is inaugurated as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry in Philadelphia. Seattle University is established as the Immaculate Conception school, gilded Age Gay Nineties Progressive Era Garza Revolution in Texas and Mexico January 1 – Charles Bickford, actor January 2 – Charles P. S. March 6 George M. Chilcott, United States Senator from Colorado from 1882 till 1883, joshua Hill, United States Senator from Georgia from 1871 till 1873. June 21 – Joseph E. McDonald, United States Senator from Indiana from 1875 to 1881, july 4 – Hannibal Hamlin, 15th Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Pomeroy, United States Senator from Kansas from 1861 till 1873, plumb, United States Senator from Kansas from 1877 till 1891. List of American films of the 1890s Media related to 1891 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1892 in the United States
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Events from the year 1892 in the United States. January 20 – At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official game is played. February 12 – Former President Abraham Lincolns birthday is declared a public holiday in the United States. February 18 – Pennsauken Township, New Jersey is incorporated, April – The Johnson County War breaks out between small farmers and large ranchers in Wyoming. April 15 – The General Electric Company is established through the merger of the Thomson-Houston Company, April 29 – Redondo Beach, California, USA is founded. May 28 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. June 7 – Homer Plessy, who is 1/8 African Heritage with light skin, is arrested for sitting on the car in Louisiana. June 30 – The Homestead Strike begins in Homestead, Pennsylvania, July 4 – Samoa changes its time zone to being 3 hours behind California, such that it crosses the international date line and July 4 occurs twice. July 6 – Homestead Strike, The arrival of a force of 300 Pinkerton detectives from New York City, August 4 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. August 9 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph, October 5 – The Dalton Gang, attempting to rob 2 banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, is shot by the townspeople, only Emmett Dalton, with 23 wounds, survives to spend 14 years in prison. October 12 – To mark the 400th anniversary Columbus Day holiday, November 8 U. S. presidential election,1892, Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms. The four-day New Orleans General Strike begins, November 12 – William Heffelfinger is paid $525 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player on record. December 17 – Vogue magazine launched, garza Revolution in Texas and Mexico Gilded Age Gay Nineties Progressive Era January 9 – Eva Bowring, U. S. Senator from Nebraska in 1954 January 14 – Hal Roach, film and television producer, director and actor January 16 – William A. Stanfill, Senator from Kentucky from 1945 to 1946 February 19 – Scott W. Lucas, U. S. Senator from Illinois from 1939 to 1951 March 26 – Paul Douglas, Senator from Illinois from 1949 to 1967 April 8 – Rose McConnell Long, U. S. Senator from Louisiana from 1936 to 1937 May 10 – Arthur E. Nelson, U. S. Senator from Florida from 1946 to 1971 July 29 – William Powell, film actor August 20 – George Aiken, United States Senator from Vermont from 1941 to 1975 August 23 – Alexander G. Barry, U. S. Senator from Oregon from 1938 to 1939 October 6 – Jackie Saunders, silent film actress November 10 – Frank A. Barrett, Senator from Wyoming from 1953 to 1959 January 2 – Montgomery C
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1894 in the United States
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Events from the year 1894 in the United States. President, Grover Cleveland Vice President, Adlai E. March 12 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time, March 25 – Coxeys Army, the first significant American protest march, departs from Massillon, Ohio for Washington D. C. May 1 Coxeys Army arrives in Washington, D. C, the May Day Riots of 1894 break out in Cleveland, Ohio. July – A fire at the site of the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago destroys most of the remaining buildings, july 4 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. September 1 – Great Hinckley Fire, A forest fire in Hinckley, september 4 – In New York City,12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions. November 5 – West Palm Beach, Florida is incorporated as a city, milton S. Hershey establishes the Hershey Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Society of Beaux-Arts Architects is founded, the National Society of Pershing Rifles is founded at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Chatham Episcopal Institute is founded in Chatham, Virginia, frederick W. Tamblyn founds Tamblyn Studio & School of Penmanship which later becomes Ziller of Kansas City, the oldest calligraphy studio in the U. S. National Civic League established. Senator from Michigan from 1955 to 1966 October 7 – Del Lord, film director October 9 – Ernest McFarland, U. S. Senator from Arizona from 1941 to 1953 October 14 – E. E. Cummings, poet and painter October 18 – H. L. Davis, fiction writer November 23 – Andrew Frank Schoeppel, U. S. Senator from Alabama from 1938 to 1969 January 15 – Henry Mower Rice, senator from Minnesota from 1858 to 1863 February 4 – Morton S. Wilkinson, U. S. Senator from Minnesota from 1859 to 1865 February 28 – James W. McDill, U. S. Senator from Iowa from 1881 to 1883 March 2 Jubal Early, Confederate general William H. Osborn, railroad tycoon March 3 – Ned Williamson, baseball player March 26 – Alfred H. Colquitt, U. S. Senator from Georgia from 1883 to 1894 March 28 – George Ticknor Curtis, author, lawyer and historian April 7 – Benjamin Franklin King, Jr. poet and humorist April 15 – James Harvey, senator from Kansas from 1874 to 1877 April 30 – Francis B. Senator from Michigan from 1887 to 1894 June 17 – William Hart, landscape painter June 20 – Bishop W. Perkins, senator from Iowa from 1881 to 1882 November 30 – Joseph E. Brown, U. S. Senator from Georgia from 1880 to 1891 December 19 – James L. Alcorn, senator from Mississippi from 1871 to 1877 List of American films of the 1890s Media related to 1894 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1895 in the United States
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Events from the year 1895 in the United States. President, Grover Cleveland Vice President, Adlai E. Morgan at Holyoke, march 1 – William Lyne Wilson is appointed United States Postmaster General. June 28 – The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules that James Reaviss claim to Barony of Arizona is wholly fictitious, july 6 – Van Cortlandt Golf Course opens in The Bronx as the countrys first and oldest public golf course. August 19 – American frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, September 3 – The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. September 18 – Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Compromise speech, selden is granted the first U. S. patent for an automobile. November 20 – USS Indiana, the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of this time, is commissioned, november 25 Oscar Hammerstein opens the Olympia Theatre, the first theatre to be built in New York Citys Times Square district. Chicago Times-Herald race, The first American automobile race in history is sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald, press coverage first arouses significant U. S. interest in the automobile. December 24 – George Washington Vanderbilt II officially opens his Biltmore Estate on Christmas Eve, inviting his family and guests to celebrate his new home in Asheville, du Bois becomes the first African American to receive a Ph. D. from Harvard University. The gold reserve of the U. S. Treasury is saved when J. P. Morgan, gilded Age Gay Nineties Progressive Era January 1 Bert Acosta, aviator J. S. S. Senator from Connecticut from 1952 to 1963 May 25 – Dorothea Lange, documentary photographer and photojournalist May 28 – Samuel D. Jackson, senator from Indiana in 1944 June 10 William C. Feazel, U. S. McCormick, admiral September 22 – Elmer Austin Benson, senator from New Mexico from 1949 to 1973 October 30 – Dickinson W. Conway Pierce, chemist December 20 – Susanne K. Wilson, U. S. Senator from Iowa from 1883 to 1895, morris, politician October 2 – Robert Crozier, U. S
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Flag of the United States
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The flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. S. Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the current design of the U. S. flag is its 27th, the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4,1959, the 50-star flag was ordered by the then president Eisenhower on August 21,1959, and was adopted in July 1960. It is the version of the U. S. flag and has been in use for over 56 years. At the time of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the flag contemporaneously known as the Continental Colors has historically been referred to as the first national flag. The name Grand Union was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 history of the American flag, the flag closely resembles the British East India Company flag of the era, and Sir Charles Fawcett argued in 1937 that the company flag inspired the design. Both flags could have been constructed by adding white stripes to a British Red Ensign. However, an East India Company flag could have nine to 13 stripes. In any case, both the stripes and the stars have precedents in classical heraldry, Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. While scholars still argue about this, tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment. The first official U. S. flag flown during battle was on August 3,1777, Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. A voucher is extant that Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County was paid by Congress for his coat for the flag, the 1777 resolution was most probably meant to define a naval ensign. In the late 18th century, the notion of a flag did not yet exist. The flag resolution appears between other resolutions from the Marine Committee, on May 10,1779, Secretary of the Board of War Richard Peters expressed concern it is not yet settled what is the Standard of the United States. However, the term, Standard, referred to a standard for the Army of the United States. Each regiment was to carry the standard in addition to its regimental standard. The national standard was not a reference to the national or naval flag, the appearance was up to the maker of the flag. Some flag makers arranged the stars into one big star, in a circle or in rows, one arrangement features 13 five-pointed stars arranged in a circle, with the stars arranged pointing outwards from the circle, the so-called Betsy Ross flag
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Timeline of United States history
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This is a timeline of United States history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political and economic events in the United States and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of the United States, some dates before September 14,1752, when the British government adopted the Gregorian calendar, may be given in the Old Style
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Federal government of the United States
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The Federal Government of the United States is the national government of the United States, a republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D. C. and several territories. The federal government is composed of three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U. S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the courts, including the Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are defined by acts of Congress. The full name of the republic is United States of America, no other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which it is a party. The terms Government of the United States of America or United States Government are often used in documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively. In casual conversation or writing, the term Federal Government is often used, the terms Federal and National in government agency or program names generally indicate affiliation with the federal government. Because the seat of government is in Washington, D. C, Washington is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government. The outline of the government of the United States is laid out in the Constitution, the government was formed in 1789, making the United States one of the worlds first, if not the first, modern national constitutional republics. The United States government is based on the principles of federalism and republicanism, some make the case for expansive federal powers while others argue for a more limited role for the central government in relation to individuals, the states or other recognized entities. For example, while the legislative has the power to create law, the President nominates judges to the nations highest judiciary authority, but those nominees must be approved by Congress. The Supreme Court, in its turn, has the power to invalidate as unconstitutional any law passed by the Congress and these and other examples are examined in more detail in the text below. The United States Congress is the branch of the federal government. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House currently consists of 435 voting members, each of whom represents a congressional district. The number of each state has in the House is based on each states population as determined in the most recent United States Census. All 435 representatives serve a two-year term, each state receives a minimum of one representative in the House. There is no limit on the number of terms a representative may serve, in addition to the 435 voting members, there are six non-voting members, consisting of five delegates and one resident commissioner. In contrast, the Senate is made up of two senators from each state, regardless of population, there are currently 100 senators, who each serve six-year terms
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