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February 23 – The 7.1–7.2 M w Laguna Salada earthquake shakes Southern California and northern Mexico with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). March 15 – Jesse W. Reno patents the first working escalator, used at Old Iron Pier, Coney Island, New York City.
Dec 5, 2011 · Historical events from year 1892. Learn about 116 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1892 or search by date or keyword.
June 5 – An oil fire in Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States, kills 130 people. June 7 – Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man, is arrested for deliberately sitting in a whites-only railroad car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark United States Supreme Court decision Plessy v.
Historical Events for the Year 1892. 1st January » Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States. 15th January » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball. 29th February » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated. 15th March » Liverpool F.C. is founded.
What happened and who was famous in 1892? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1892.
January 1, 1892 - Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, opens as the main east coast immigration center, and would remain the initial debarkation point for European immigrants into the United States until its closure in 1954.
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The 1892 United States presidential election was the 27th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892. In the fourth rematch in American history, the Democratic nominee, former president Grover Cleveland, defeated the Republican incumbent, President Benjamin Harrison.
