LIFE 1887
Historical Highlights from 1887 :
- In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- The Interstate Commerce Act is signed into law, planning to regulate the railroad industry.
- Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller.
- The Grand Hotel opens in Mackinac, Michigan.
- Florida A&M University is founded as The State Normal College for Colored Students.
- Yale wins the Consensus College Football National Championship.
- Georgia O’Keeffe, painter, is born.
- Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the U.S.
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