Encyclopedia - 1889: Encyclopedia - 1889
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1889: Encyclopedia Ii - 1889 - Events
1889 - January-April. January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1889 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1889 In Rail Transport - Events
1889 in rail transport - January events. January 16 - The Mito Railway between Mito and Oyama, Japan, begins passenger train operation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1889: Encyclopedia - 1889
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Honors And Memorials
Cleveland's portrait was on the U.S. $1000 bill from 1928 to 1946. He also appeared on a $1000 of 1907, and the first few issues of Feder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Cabinet 1893–1897
Grover Cleveland - Supreme Court appointments. Cleveland appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Youth And Early Political Career
Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey to the Rev. Richard Cleveland and Anne Neal. He was one of nine children. His father was a Pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exposition Universelle 1889: Encyclopedia - Exposition Universelle 1889
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from May 5, to October 31, 1889. It was held during the year ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1880s: Encyclopedia - 1880s
1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1880s - Events and Trends. Development...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2057: Encyclopedia - 2057
Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s - 2050s - 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s Years: 205...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Harrison: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). Benjamin Harrison - Biogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - First Term As President
Cleveland won the Presidency with the combined support of Democrats and reform Republicans called "Mugwumps", who disliked the record of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - First Term 1885-89
Cleveland's administration might be characterized by a quote from his inauguration address: "I have only one thing to do, and that is to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Second Term 1893-1897
The primary issues for Cleveland for the 1892 campaign were reducing the tarriff and stopping free minting of silver which had depleted t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Summary Information
Grover Cleveland - Cabinet 1885–1889. Grover Cleveland - Cabinet 1893–1897. Grover Cleveland - Supreme Court appointments. Cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Personal Life
Although Cleveland never publicly admitted or denied the rumor, he did admit to paying child support to Maria Crofts Halpin, the woman wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Miscellaneous
George Cleveland, the president's grandson and a New Hampshire social worker and broadcaster, is now a impersonator and historical reenac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Youth And Early Political Career
Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey to the Rev. Richard Cleveland and Anne Neal. He was one of nine children. His father was a Pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - First Term As President 1885-89
Grover Cleveland - Campaign. Cleveland won the Presidency with the combined support of Democrats and reform Republicans called "Mugwump...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Second Term As President 1893-1897
Grover Cleveland - Campaign. The primary issues for Cleveland for the 1892 campaign were reducing the tariff and stopping free minting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grover Cleveland: Encyclopedia Ii - Grover Cleveland - Honors And Memorials
Cleveland's portrait was on the U.S. $1000 bill from 1928 to 1946. He also appeared on a $1000 of 1907, and the first few issues of Feder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Cricket Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Early History
On the September 23, 1853, occupancy of the present site which was part of a "Police Paddock" was given to the Melbourne Cricket Club by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Cricket Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Cricket Ground - The Birth Of Test Cricket And The Ashes
The first cricket match deemed to be a Test was played at the MCG between Australia and England commencing on March 15, 1877 [3] and was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Cricket Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Cricket
Donald Bradman's record at the MCG is an average of 128 runs in 17 innings. In the eleven Tests that he played there, he got at least one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Cricket Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Australian Rules Football
Several Australian Football League (AFL) clubs use the MCG as their home ground; currently Melbourne, Richmond, Collingwood and Hawthorn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Cricket Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Other Events
The first baseball match recorded being played at the MCG was in October 1885, by a team from the USS Enterprise, against an MCC chosen t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melbourne Cricket Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Grounds
The MCG was redesigned and drained by RC Bagot in 1861. In 1876 the reversible stand was built, located at the northern end of the ground...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - Continued Flooding At Johnstown A 500 Year Flood
Floods have continued to be a concern for Johnstown. A "500 year flood" was a massive event that hydrologists predicted had only a one-in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eiffel Tower: Encyclopedia Ii - Eiffel Tower - Background
The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle (1889), a World's fair marking the cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eiffel Tower: Encyclopedia Ii - Eiffel Tower - Background
The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle (1889), a World's fair marking the cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1829 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1829 In Rail Transport - Births
1829 in rail transport - May births. May 28 - Albert Bowman Rogers, American surveyor who found Rogers Pass for the Canadian Pacific R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1836 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1836 In Rail Transport - Births
1836 in rail transport - February births. February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Carolina State University: Encyclopedia Ii - North Carolina State University - Student Life
Thirty-three percent of all students live on campus in one of twenty different dormitories. Freshman dorms provide academic and social ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Carolina State University: Encyclopedia Ii - North Carolina State University - Student Life
Thirty-three percent of all students live on campus in one of twenty different dormitories. Freshman dorms provide academic and social ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnson County War: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnson County War - Background
The dramatic events of 1892 took place against a background of violent conflict over land use that stretched from 1889 to 1909. Historian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1840 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1840 In Rail Transport - Births
1840 in rail transport - January births. January 8 - William Dean, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railway 1877-1902 (d. 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Muir: Encyclopedia Ii - John Muir - From Studying To Protecting
Muir's attention soon started to switch from studying the Yosemite area and Sierra to protecting it. A precipitating event for him was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - July 31: Encyclopedia Ii - July 31 - Deaths
July 31 - 1900 to Present. 1914 - Jean Jaurès, French politician (d. 1859) 1917 - Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881) 1944 - Antoi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberia: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberia - Education
Cuttington University College was established by the Episcopal Church of the USA (ECUSA) in 1889; its campus is currently located in Suac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Arum: Encyclopedia Ii - Titan Arum - Cultivation
The titan arum only grows in the wild in the equatorial rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia. It was first discovered there in 1878 by Itali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Zworykin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vladimir Zworykin - Biography
Zworykin lived through many historic events. Born in Murom, Russia in 1889 to a family of a prosperous merchant, he studied at the St. Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Washington Historic State Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Washington Historic State Park - Buildings
The historic buildings provide excellent examples of the architectural styles popular in the American south during the 1824 to 1889 perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1975: Encyclopedia Ii - 1975 - Deaths
1975 - Unknown date. Will Mastin, American vaudevillian 1975 - January. January 8 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913) Janua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - Blame: An Act Of God?
In the years following the event, many people blamed the members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club for the tragedy, as they had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: Encyclopedia Ii - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - Why The Name Ahmadiyya Was Given
The Ahmadiyya movement was founded based in 1889, but the name Ahmadiyya was not adopted until about a decade later. In a manifesto dated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butch Cassidy: Encyclopedia Ii - Butch Cassidy - Life As A Criminal
Butch Cassidy - 1880–1887 — First Incidents Becoming a Robber. He continued to do ranch work until 1884 when he briefly moved to Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawks' Club: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawks' Club - History
The Hawks' Club was formed in 1872 when a proposal to allow members of other colleges into the St John's College Eagles club was rejected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1969: Encyclopedia Ii - 1969 - Deaths
1969 - January. January 4 - Violet and Daisy Hilton, English conjoined twin actresses (b. 1908) January 8 - Albert Hill, British athle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 - Deaths
1949 - January. January 6 - Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1883) January 11 - Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1889) Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1957: Encyclopedia Ii - 1957 - Deaths
1957 - January. January 10 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, American a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia Ii - 1966 - Deaths
1966 - January. January 1 - Vincent Auriol, President of France (b. 1884) January 11 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1910) Ja...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ladies' Home Journal: American History Dictionary - Ladies' Home Journal
Definition and meaning of Ladies' Home Journal:   Ladies' Home Journal When Edward Bok became editor of the "Ladies' Hom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1889: Encyclopedia Ii - 1889 - Births
1889 - January-April. January 21 - Edith Bratt, wife of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (d. 1971) January 31 - Frank Foster, English cricket...   » Read the article