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In the "rain year" from July 1883 to June 1884, Los Angeles and San Diego receive their heaviest rainfall since instrumental records began, with Los Angeles receiving 38.18 inches (969.8 mm) and San Diego 25.97 inches (659.6 mm). [2] Ringling Brothers Circus established. American Historical Association established.
Governor of Alabama: Edward A. O'Neal (); Governor of Arkansas: James Henderson Berry (until January 17), Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. (starting January 17); Governor of California: George Stoneman ()
1867 – Territory of Alaska purchased from the Russian Empire; 1867 - The US Annexes the Midway Islands in the Pacific; 1867 – Nebraska becomes a state; 1867 - Congress passes a series of Reconstruction acts and the period of Radical Reconstruction begins; 1868 – Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, acquitted by the Senate by one vote.
During their ownership of West Florida, the British had moved its border north, and the cession to Spain appeared to apply to the full extent of the British colony. However, the British-American treaty granted the extension of West Florida to the United States, where it enlarged Georgia south to 31° north , indicating that only the original ...
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The best hitter of the 1884 Union Association was Fred Dunlap of the Maroons, while star pitchers for the UA included Jim McCormick, Charlie Sweeney, Dupee Shaw and Hugh Daily. Notable players that made their debut in the Union Association included Tommy McCarthy , who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1946, and Jack Clements , the only man in ...
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1884: Paul Gottlieb Nipkow of Lębork, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire invents the Nipkow disk, an image scanning device. It was the basis of his patent method of translating visual images to electronic impulses, transmit said impulses to another device and successfully reassemble the impulses to visual images.