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August 9 – The Wallingford Tornado of 1878, the deadliest tornado in Connecticut history, destroys the town of Wallingford, killing 34 people and injuring 70 or more. September 30 – The ship Priscilla arrives in Hawaii from Funchal, Madeira, marking the beginning of the Portuguese immigration to the Hawaiian Islands (1878–1913).
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1878th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 878th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start ...
October 15 – Lone Horn, Native American Chief (born 1790) November 21 – Orris S. Ferry, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1867 to 1875 (born 1823) November 22 – Henry Wilson, 18th vice president of the U.S. from 1873 to 1875 (born 1812) November 24 – William Backhouse Astor, Sr., businessman (born 1792)
September 6 – Buddy Bolden, African American jazz cornetist (died 1930) October 2 – Carl Hayden, U.S. senator from Arizona from 1927 to 1969 (died 1972) October 13 – Theodore G. Bilbo, Governor of Mississippi from 1928 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1947 and U.S. senator from Mississippi from 1935 to 1947 (died 1947)
Joseph Hooker, Union Army general during the American Civil War (born 1814) November 1 – Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1857 to 1875 and in 1879 (born 1813) December 31 – George S. Houston, Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878 and U.S. Senator from Alabama in 1879 (born 1811)
Elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes's term, during the Third Party System.It was the first election following the end of the Reconstruction Era, and Redeemers had gained back control of most Southern governments following the Compromise of 1877.
Two people went on a trip. One person returned. That's the Gabby Petito case in a nutshell. The true story, though, contains a number of twists and turns, the likes of which are unpacked in a new ...
December 4 – The crewless American-owned ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia in the Atlantic. December 9 – P. B. S. Pinchback takes office as Governor of Louisiana, the first African American governor of a U.S. state. William Lawrence, a dairyman of Chester (village), New York, creates the first American cream cheese. [6]