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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).
American Federation of Labor ejected the unions that would later form the Committee of Industrial Organizations. [40] 1937 (United States) American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union founded. [40] 1937 (United States) Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chocolate Workers' Strike founded. [40] 1937 (United States) Little Steel Strike ...
U.S. territorial extent in 1860. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race.
1878 in the United States by state or territory (48 C) 1878 disestablishments in the United States (11 C, 1 P) 1878 establishments in the United States (48 C, 4 P)
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 ...
Steel frame construction of "sky-scrapers" happened for the first time. February 16, 1880: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers was founded in New York City. Construction began on the Panama Canal by the French. This was the first attempt to build the Canal; it would end in failure. Lewis Ticehurst invented the drinking straw.
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)