Events
American troops massacre as many as 300 American Indians at Wounded
Knee, South DakotaStephen Crane becomes newspaper reporter in New YorkStephen Crane's "The Open Boat" is publishedSpanish- American War lasts for four monthsJack London's first novel is publishedHawaiian Islands are made an American territoryU.S. census shows
76,212,168 people live in the United StatesOrville and Wilbur Wright fly the first powered, controlled, heavier- than-air airplane at Kitty Hawk, North CarolinaJack London's "To Build a Fire" is publishedHenry Ford introduces the Model T, the first mass -produced automobile
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