WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1892
Find out what all happened June to July 1892

Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year it had 367 days, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4. (4. July 1892)

3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded. (6. July 1892)

Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. (7. June 1892)

The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia. (11. June 1892)

Benjamin Harrison became the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game. (7. June 1892)

Chicago 'L' (commuter rail system) begins operation (6. June 1892)

Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain. (6. July 1892)

Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia. (7. July 1892)

The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (30. June 1892)

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892. (8. July 1892)

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