After the highly contested 1876 U.S. presidential election, the Compromise of 1877 put Rutherford B. Hayes in the White House. In exchange, post-Civil War federal oversight of Southern affairs known as Reconstruction ended—and, with it, any effort toward protecting Black citizens’ civil and political rights. The first general strike in U.S. history—by more than 100,000 workers—halted the nation’s railroads. Thomas Edison demonstrated his latest invention, the phonograph, while in Moscow, Tchaikovsky’s opera “Swan Lake” premiered in Moscow.
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On January 8, 1877, Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse and his men—outnumbered, low on ammunition and forced to use outdated weapons to defend themselves—fight their final losing battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.
25th June 1876: The Confederation of Sioux Warriors under Crazy Horse charging the troops of General George Crook on the Rosebud River, Montana. The conflict was brought about by the influx of speculators into Sioux land after gold was discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota, part of their territory. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
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On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-two amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen’s Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner was to take home a 25-guinea trophy.
1881: British tennis player William Renshaw and H F Lawford playing for the Men's Singles Title at Wimbledon, which Renshaw won. Original Publication: The Graphic (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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On November 17, 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound.
Thomas Edison and his phonograph
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