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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 ...
July 10 – Mary McLeod Bethune, African American educator (died 1955) July 15 – Francis Pierlot, American actor (died 1955) July 19 – Alice Dunbar Nelson, African American poet, journalist and political activist of the Harlem Renaissance (died 1935) August 11 – Raymond E. Willis, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1941 to 1947 (died 1956)
This strike marked perhaps the only time in American history that a state militia was called out to protect miners from sheriff's deputies. 21 April – June 1894 (United States) Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894 -- A two-month nationwide strike by miners of hard coal in the United States.
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.
Lieutenant Governor of Florida: vacant (until month and day unknown), Noble A. Hull (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Archibald A. Glenn (until January 8), Andrew Shuman (starting January 8)
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)
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]