(Wednesday, June 28, 1876, just before the session’s adjournment at 8:20 p.m. local time) — Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York was unanimously nominated President of the United States on the second ballot today at the 1876 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Merchants Exchange Building in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate Samuel J. Tilden for President of the United States 150 years ago this hour (June 28 1876)
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(Sunday, June 25, 1876, Reno’s force crossed the Little Bighorn at the mouth of what is today Reno Creek around 3:10 p.m. local time; during the Great Sioux War of 1876) — Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out today by Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.
(Friday, June 16, 1876, 6:05 p.m. local time) — Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio was nominated President of the United States today at the 1876 Republican National Convention meeting at Exposition Hall in Cincinnati. Continue reading Republicans nominate Rutherford B. Hayes for President of the United States 150 years ago this hour (Jun 16 1876)
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(Friday, March 10, 1876, around 7:00 p.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, today heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.
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(Tuesday, March 7, 1876) — Alexander Graham Bell, 29, was granted a United States patent (No. 174,465) today for an invention he called the telephone.
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(Saturday, January 15, 1876, 11:00 p.m. local time) — Former first lady Eliza McCardle Johnson, who served with her husband, U.S. President Andrew Johnson, from 1865 to 1869, died today in Greeneville, Tennessee, from complications due to tuberculosis at age 65, having survived her husband by only five and a half months.
(Monday, November 22, 1875, 7:20 a.m. local time) — Henry Wilson, the 18th vice president of the United States, serving since March 4, 1873, under President Ulysses S. Grant, suffered a fatal stroke today while working in the United States Capitol Building. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson, 63, dies in Washington, D.C. 150 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1875)
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(Wednesday, August 25, 1875, 10:41 a.m. Central European Time) — Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel today, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
(Tuesday, August 3, 1875) — Former U.S. President Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) was buried today in what later became the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Greeneville, Tennessee, with his body wrapped in an American flag and a copy of the U.S. Constitution placed under his head, according to his wishes. Continue reading Former President Andrew Johnson buried in Greeneville 150 years ago today (Aug 3 1875)
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(Tuesday, July 31, 1875, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Former President Andrew Johnson, who had recently returned to national office as a United States Senator, died early this morning after suffering a second stroke at his daughter’s home near Elizabethton, Tennessee. He was 66. Continue reading Former U.S. President Andrew Johnson, 66, dies in Elizabethton, Tennessee 150 years ago this hour (July 31 1875)
