Historical Events in May 1877

May 5 Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles

May 7 Cincinnati Enquirer first uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
May 8 1st Westminster Dog Show held
May 9 Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day becomes the Independence Day of Romania.

May 10 US President Rutherford B. Hayes has 1st White House telephone installed, in the telegraph room