Video: '1886 Charleston Earthquake'
(Tuesday, August 31, 1886, 9:50 p.m. local time) — An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 today devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Category Archives: 1880s
President Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in White House 130 years ago this hour (June 2 1886)
Video: 'Presidents in Our Backyard -- Grover Cleveland'
(Wednesday, June 2, 1886, 7:00 p.m. local time) — U.S. President Grover Cleveland, 49, married Frances Folsom, 21, today in the Blue Room of the White House, becoming the first (and to date, the only) president to marry in the executive mansion. Continue reading President Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in White House 130 years ago this hour (June 2 1886)
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Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton begins selling original Coca-Cola 130 years ago today (May 8 1886)
Video: 'John Pemberton invents Coca Cola for the Soda Fountain'
(Saturday, May 8, 1886) — Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton today Jacob’s Pharmacy began selling the original version of Coca-Cola, which he’d invented as a non-alcoholic version of his French Wine Coca nerve tonic. Continue reading Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton begins selling original Coca-Cola 130 years ago today (May 8 1886)
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Labor demonstration for 8-hour work day turns into a deadly riot 130 years ago this hour (May 4 1886)
Video: 'PBS: Haymarket Affair and the Origins of May Day'
(Tuesday, May 4, 1886, 10:30 p.m. local time) — A labor demonstration for an 8-hour work day tonight at Haymarket Square in Chicago turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded; in all, seven policemen and at least four workers were killed.
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U.S. Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks dies 130 years ago this hour (Nov 25 1885)
(Wednesday, November 25, 1885, 5:00 p.m. local time) — Thomas A. Hendricks, the 21st Vice President of the United States (1885, under Grover Cleveland), suffered an apparent fatal heart attack today in Indianapolis, Indiana, after only less than nine months in office.
Following Hendricks’s death at age 66, the office of Vice-President was vacant for more than three years until March 4, 1889, when Levi P. Morton was inaugurated.
Hendricks was the fifth of seven U.S. Vice Presidents to die of natural causes while in office (1812-1912).
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Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle 130 years ago today (Aug 29 1885)
Video: 'Daimler Reitwagen 1885'
(Saturday, August 29, 1885) — Gottlieb Daimler today patented the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen (“riding wagon”), the forerunner of all vehicles, land, sea and air, that use its overwhelmingly popular engine type.
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Million+ witness funeral procession for former President Grant in New York City 130 years ago today (Aug 8 1885)
(Saturday, August 8, 1885, 8:06 a.m. local time) — More than one million people witnessed the funeral procession of former President Ulysses S. Grant (who had died July 23, 1885) today in New York City. Continue reading Million+ witness funeral procession for former President Grant in New York City 130 years ago today (Aug 8 1885)
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Former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant dies in Wilton, New York 130 years ago this hour (July 23 1885)
Video: '#18 U.S. Grant'
(Tuesday, July 23, 1885, 8:06 a.m. local time) — Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and Commanding General of the Union Army during the American Civil War, died today at a cottage on the slopes of Mount McGregor, in Wilton, New York, of throat cancer only days after completing this memoir. He was 63. Continue reading Former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant dies in Wilton, New York 130 years ago this hour (July 23 1885)
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Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor 130 years ago today (June 17 1885)
Video: 'How They Built the Statue of Liberty.mov' (June 17, 1885, at 13:07)
(Wednesday, June 17, 1885) — The Statue of Liberty arrived today in New York aboard the French frigate Isère in 214 crates that held the disassembled gift from the people of France.
Some 200,000 people lined the waterfront while hundreds of boats pulled into the harbor to welcome the Isère.
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Good Housekeeping magazine first published 130 years ago today (May 2 1885)
(Saturday, May 2, 1885) — Good Housekeeping, a magazine featuring articles about women’s interests, product testing, recipes, diet, health as well as literature, was first published today in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
