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1893
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1893
Events
January–March
January 2
–
Webb C. Ball
introduces
railroad chronometers
, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
January 13
– The
Independent Labour Party
of the UK has its first meeting.
January 15
– The
Telefon Hírmondó
service starts with around 60 subscribers in
Budapest
.
January 17
–
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
:
Lorrin A. Thurston
and the
Citizen's Committee of Public Safety
in
Hawaii
with the intervention of the
United States Marine Corps
overthrow the government of Queen
Liliuokalani
.
January 21
– The
Cherry Sisters
first perform in
Marion, Iowa
.
February 1
–
Thomas Edison
finishes construction of the first
motion picture
studio in
West Orange, New Jersey
.
February 19
– The
SS Naronic
is believed to have sunk due to a storm.
February 23
–
Rudolf Diesel
receives a patent for the
diesel engine
.
February 24
–
American University
is established by an Act of Congress in Washington, D.C.
March 4
–
Benjamin Harrison
is succeeded by
Grover Cleveland
, as President of the United States.
March 10
–
Ivory Coast
becomes a French colony.
March 20
– In Belgium,
Adam Worth
is sentenced to 7 years for robbery (he is released in
1897
).
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