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1848
January 24 - James W. Marshall's gold find in the lower Sacramento Valley starts the California gold rush.
February 19 - Thomas Edison patents his invention, the phonograph.
March 29 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam blocking the Niagara River in Buffalo, New York.
May 29 - Wisconsin is admitted to the Union as the 30th state.
May 30 - The ice cream freezer is patented by W. G. Young of Baltimore, Maryland.
July 19 - The first American women's rights convention ends in Seneca Falls, New York.
November 1 - The Boston Female Medical School is the first U.S. women's medical school to be established.
December 15 - A postal treaty is signed between the U.S. and Great Britain.
December 29 - The first gaslight is installed in the White House.