1890 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1890?
- January 1, 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
- January 22, 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- January 25, 1890 – Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- March 4, 1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1710 ft long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
- March 27, 1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
- April 7, 1890 – Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
- April 14, 1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
- June 1, 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns.
- July 3, 1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- July 10, 1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- July 26, 1890 – In Buenos Aires the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman’s resignation.
- August 6, 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
- August 7, 1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
- September 24, 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
- September 25, 1890 – The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
- October 1, 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- October 11, 1890 – In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- November 23, 1890 – King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
- December 22, 1890 – Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
- December 29, 1890 – United States soldiers kill more than 200 Oglala Lakota people with four Hotchkiss guns in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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