WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1889
Find out what all happened May to August 1889

Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea. (2. May 1889)

The Great Seattle fire destroys all of downtown Seattle, Washington. (6. June 1889)

The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed. (3. June 1889)

Tijuana, Mexico, is founded. (11. July 1889)

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population. (29. June 1889)

Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (31. May 1889)

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. (6. May 1889)

78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland. (12. June 1889)

The children's charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London. (14. May 1889)

The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. (3. June 1889)

The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. (8. July 1889)