What was it Like in the 1880s? |
| Music |
"1812 Overture", Tchaichovsky
"Washington Post March", John Philip Sousa
"Otello", Verdi
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| Literature |
Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
Little Lord Fauntelroy, Francis Burnett
Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson
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| Entertainment |
Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky debut their works.
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado premieres in London.
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| Average Salary: $548.00 |
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| Cost of Living |
| Loaf of Bread: |
.02¢ |
| Gallon of Milk: |
.17¢ |
| Average House: |
$5250.00 |
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| World Events |
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British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli leaves office and is replaced by William Gladstone. Russia's Czar Alexander II is assassinated. Boers in the Transvaal beat the British. Triple Alliance is signed between Germany, Austria, and Italy. Italy invades Ethiopia. Volcano Krakatoa explodes in Indonesia. Germany introduces public sickness-insurance law. Hiram Maxim invents the fully automatic machine gun. The five-year War of the Pacific between Chile, Peru, and Bolivia ends. Karl Benz builds the first gasoline-powered vehicle. The first modern bicycle is built. A home rule bill for Ireland is introduced in Parliament. China's Yellow River floods and kills 900,000. Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany dies. The Eiffel Tower is finished in Paris. Jack the Ripper terrorizes London. Insulin first used to treat diabetes. Brazil proclaims itself a republic.
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| U.S. History |
President Garfield is shot, dies after two and a half months, and succeeded by Chester Arthur. Jim Crow legislation is passed in the South. Wyatt and Virgil Earp and Ike  Clanton's gang shoot it out at the O.K. Corral. Clara Barton founds the American Association of the Red Cross. The Chinese Exclusion Act bars Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. Grover Cleveland becomes the first Democratic president since before the Civil War. The National Audubon Society is founded. Samuel Gompers founds the American Federation of Labor. The first Coca-Cola is sold in Atlanta. The last Indian war in the ends when Apache chief Geronimo is captured. Congress passes Interstate Commerce Act and creates Yellowstone National Park. George Eastman invents the Kodak camera. The Wall Street Journal starts publication. Fingerprints are used for identification. France presents the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. The first skyscraper is built in Chicago (10 stories). North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington achieve statehood.
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| At Salem Normal School |
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51st class graduates. The first Asian student enrolls, Kin Kato from Japan.
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