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1887
January 5 - The first Library School in the U.S. opens at Columbia University.
February 16 - The first newspaper association convention is held in Rochester, New York.
February 23 - The import of opium from China into the U.S. is forbidden.
April 10 - The remains of ex-President Abraham Lincoln are moved from a secret burial lot and re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois.
July 12 - Mound Bayou, Mississippi is settled by all former slaves.
October 11 - The patent for the adding machine is granted to Dorr Eugene Felton of Chicago, Illinois.