Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing 33+1⁄2 hours later.
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Cuba
Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
History of film
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
Krakatoa
Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
Triple Alliance (1882)
The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
Metre Convention
Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
Battle of Ware Bottom Church
American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
Abraham Lincoln
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening eighty-four million acres (340,000 km2) of public land to settlers.
American Civil War
American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.