Video: '29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee'

(Monday, December 29, 1890, morning local time; during the Wounded Knee Massacre, part of the Ghost Dance War and the Sioux Wars and the American Indian Wars) — Nearly 300 Lakota men, women, and children were massacred by soldiers of the United States Army today near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. 25 soldiers also died.
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Video: 'A KID EXPLAINS SITTING BULL'

(Monday, December 15, 1890, between 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. local time) — Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against U.S. government policies, and 11 other tribe members were killed today in Grand River, South Dakota, during a confrontation with Indian police.
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Video: '6th August 1890: William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair'

(Wednesday, August 6, 1890, 6:38 a.m. local time) — The first legal execution by electric chair in the world was carried out today as William Kemmler, 30, of Buffalo, New York, was put to death at Auburn Prison in New York for the ax murder of his common law wife, Tillie Ziegler. Continue reading First execution by electric chair carried out at Auburn Prison in New York 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 6 1890) →

Video: '25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days'

(Saturday, January 25, 1890, 3:51 p.m. local time) — Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World, arrived today in Jersey City, New Jersey, completing a record-breaking round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. Continue reading Nellie Bly completes record-breaking trip around the world 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 25 1890) →

Video: 'George Dewey and Manila Bay'

(Sunday, May 1, 1898, 5:41 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Manila Bay, part of the Spanish-American War) — Commodore George Dewey gave the command, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley,” today as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron today in Manila Bay. Continue reading U.S. destroys Spanish Pacific fleet at Manila Bay 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 1 1898) →