WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1873
Find out what all happened June to August 1873

American Indian Wars: while protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed. (4. August 1873)

Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. (18. June 1873)

Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea. (30. August 1873)

Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation. (1. July 1873)

Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens. (23. August 1873)

At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West. (21. July 1873)

The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system. (2. August 1873)

Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days. (9. June 1873)

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