April 22 - Syracuse's Grant Briggs of the American Association becomes the only major league catcher to allow 19 stolen bases in one game.
June 4 - The first state employment service office opens in Toledo, Ohio.
June 17 - Bible reading in the public schools is declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
July 3 - Idaho is admitted to the Union as the 43rd state.
July 10 - Wyoming is admitted to the Union as the 44th state.
August 6 - The first death sentence by electrocution is performed in the U.S. on William Kemmeler for murder.
August 13 - The first annual convention of postal workers is held in Boston, Massachusetts.
August 19 - The Daughters of the American Revolution is organized in New York.
September 10 - During a rain storm in Cairo, Illinois a number of live fish fall in various parts of the city.
September 15 - Louise Blanchard Methune is the first woman to join the American Institute of Architects.
September 23 - American Association member Ed Cartwright of St. Louis becomes the only major league player to bat in seven runs in one inning.
September 24 - The president of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah issues a manifesto advising members that the teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned.
October 1 - Yosemite National Park is established.
