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  2. 1883 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    January–March. January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee kills 73 people. January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, reforming the United States civil service with the aim to end the spoils system, becomes law. January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New ...

  3. Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899)

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    1862 – Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. 1862 – Gen. Robert E. Lee placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. 1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) 1862 – Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg) 1862 – Dakota War of 1862 begins. 1862–1863 – Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.

  4. Civil Rights Cases - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883), were a group of five landmark cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals. The holding that the Thirteenth Amendment did not empower the federal government to ...

  5. Presidency of Chester A. Arthur - Wikipedia

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    Chester A. Arthur 's tenure as the 21st president of the United States began on September 19, 1881, when he succeeded to the presidency upon the assassination of President James A. Garfield, and ended on March 4, 1885. Arthur, a Republican, had been vice president for 199 days when he succeeded to the presidency.

  6. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    United States, the court ruled that due to the 1934 law, evidence the FBI obtained by phone tapping was inadmissible in court. [143] After Katz v. United States (1967) overturned Olmstead, Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control Act, allowing public authorities to tap telephones during investigations, as long as they obtained warrants beforehand.

  7. History of time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of standard time in the United States began November 18, 1883, when United States and Canadian railroads instituted standard time in time zones. Before then, time of day was a local matter, and most cities and towns used some form of local solar time, maintained by some well-known clock (for example, on a church steeple or in a ...

  8. 1883 (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    1883. (TV series) 1883 is an American Western drama miniseries created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 19, 2021, on Paramount+. The series stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen, and James Landry Hébert. The story is chronologically the first of several ...

  9. Category:1883 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. 1883 in the United States by city (2 C) 1883 in the United States by state or territory (48 C)