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Historical Events in December 1876

  • Dec 5 Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
  • Dec 5 Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
  • Dec 6 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Pennsylvania

Electoral defeatElection of Interest

Dec 6 US Electoral College casts their votes in the disputed election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden; two sets of conflicting results are returned to Congress the next day

19th US President Rutherford B. Hayes
19th US President
Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Dec 7 NY Mutuals & Philadelphia A's expelled from NL for not completing sked
  • Dec 8 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
  • Dec 23 Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed
  • Dec 29 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula, Ohio, 92 die

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