1890
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Events
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Dated Events
- Tarzan: January 1. Jane Porter is born. (Tarzan Alive by Philip Jose Farmer)
- Real World: January 25. Journalist Nellie Bly completes her trip around the world, beating Jules Verne's literary record (her trip took 72 days).
- Real World: March 20. Otto von Bismarck is fired by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
- Real World: June 1. The U.S. Census Bureau begins using a tabulating machine developed by Herman Hollerith to count census returns.
- Real World: July 3. Idaho joins the United States.
- Real World: July 10. Wyoming joins the United States.
- Real World: August 6. The electric chair is first used as a method of execution (murderer William Kemmler, in Auburn Prison in New York).
- Real World: November 23. William III, king of the Netherlands, dies without a male heir; a special law is passed to allow Wilhelmina, his daughter, to succeed him.
- Real World: November 29. In Japan, the Meiji Constitution goes into effect; the first Japanese Diet covenes.
- Real World: December 29. Over 400 Native American men, women and children are massacred by U.S. forces at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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Undated Events
- Captain N: The last "round people" visit Tetris before Prince Lyle's arrival in 1988. ("The Trouble with Tetris")
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New Fictional Works
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Notable Books
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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