What Famous Events Occurred In 1886?
January 1886 Monday 18: Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. Friday 29: Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March 1886 Monday 01: Anglo-Chinese School,Singapore was founded by Bishop William Oldham. Wednesday 17: Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi. April 1886 Tuesday 06: Vancouver, British Columbia is incorporated as a city. May 1886 Saturday 01: The start of the general strike which eventually wins the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as May Day or Labour Day in most industrialized countries. Tuesday 04: Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd. Saturday 08: Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named “Coca-Cola”. Saturday 29: Putney Bridge op
