WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1883
Find out what all happened January to February 1883

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed. (16. January 1883)

Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law. (23. February 1883)

The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston (28. February 1883)

The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey. (19. January 1883)

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