Chester Alan Arthur, Twenty-first U.S. President
(1881-1885)
Native Americans 1881-86:
War between U.S. and Apaches (Great Plains)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
Science
Transit of Venus
Venus visible between the Earth and Sun, allowed American astronomer, Simon
Newcomb, to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun using the
calculations from 1874 & 1882 at 149.59 million kilometers. The Venus
transit happens in pairs every 105 years or
so. See
1874 for first part of pair. Next passing in
2004.
Source: NASA,
Click here for historical Video Clip
Technology:
Brooklyn Bridge
Being built, 11 years down, 1 to go to finish.
It's magnificent twin towers, breathtaking span, cutting edge
technology, and sheer beauty make Brooklyn Bridge the grandest,
and perhaps the most important structure built in America during
the nineteenth century. It was called "the eighth wonder of the
world."
Curlee, Lynn Brooklyn Bridge New York: Atheneum Books, 2001.
Wild West:
Jesse James killed at age 34 on 3 April 1882 by one of his own gang members,
Bob Ford, for a $5,000 reward issued by the Governor of Missouri.
Source: PBS "American Experience: Jesse James"
