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1889
March 2 - The National Zoological Park is established by Congress.
March 2 - The first American electrocutions are performed on dogs, calves and a horse and are declared successful.
August 2 - San Francisco, California is invaded by millions of crickets.
August 8 - Clams containing pearls are found in the Sugar River in Wisconsin.
August 10 - The skeleton of a thirty-six foot long and fifteen-foot high mammoth is found in St. James, Nebraska.
October 2 - The first Pan American conference is held in Washington, D.C.
October 6 - Thomas Edison exhibits his kinetoscope.
November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states.
November 8 - Montana is admitted to the Union as the 41st state.
November 28 - Curtis P. Brady receives the first permit to drive an automobile through Central Park in New York City.