Henry Ossian Flipper Enters West Point
Jul 1 Henry Ossian Flipper of Georgia enters West Point Military Academy - later the first African American to graduate
- Jul 1 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
- Jul 4 Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens, San Francisco
Event of Interest
Jul 10 French poet Paul Verlaine (29) in a drunken, jealous rage, wounds protégé Arthur Rimbaud (18) with pistol, and gets sentenced to 2 years in jail
Jesse James 1st Train Robbery
Jul 21 Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery at Adair, Iowa
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