LIFE 1899 (Currently Out of Stock)
Historical Highlights from 1899 :
- Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City.
- The U.S. receives the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico as a result of the Treaty of Paris.
- Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
- In Washington state, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
- Mile-a-Minute Murphy becomes the first man to ride a bicycle for one mile in under a minute on Long Island.
- Henry H. Bliss becomes the first person to be killed by a motor vehicle in the United States.
- The Bronx Zoo opens in New York City.
- Gold is discovered in Nome, Alaska.
