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  • Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1884
    The Wright brothers

    Family's abrupt move

    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1884

    Both brothers attended high school, but did not receive diplomas. The family's abrupt move in 1884 from Richmond, Indiana, to Dayton, Ohio, where the family had lived during the 1870s, prevented Wilbur from receiving his diploma after finishing four years of high school. The diploma was awarded posthumously to Wilbur on April 16, 1994, which would have been his 127th birthday.




  • New York, U.S.
    1884
    Statue of Liberty

    Fundraising Lagging

    New York, U.S.
    1884

    Even with these efforts, fundraising lagged. Grover Cleveland, the governor of New York, vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884. An attempt the next year to have Congress provide $100,000, sufficient to complete the project, also failed. The New York committee, with only $3,000 in the bank, suspended work on the pedestal. With the project in jeopardy, groups from other American cities, including Boston and Philadelphia, offered to pay the full cost of erecting the statue in return for relocating it.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1884
    Nikola Tesla

    Charles Batchelor was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1884

    In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris installation, was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla be brought to the US as well.




  • Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1884
    Harry S. Truman

    Birth

    Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1884

    Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884.




  • U.S.
    Jun, 1884
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla emigrated to the United States

    U.S.
    Jun, 1884

    In June 1884, Tesla emigrated to the United States.




  • Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884
    Hot Dog

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat

    Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884): even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.




  • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    1884
    Kroger

    Kroger opened his second store

    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    1884

    In 1884 Kroger opened its second store.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1884
    Nikola Tesla

    Good bye to the Edison Machine Works

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1884

    Tesla had been working at the Machine Works for a total of six months when he quit. What event precipitated his leaving is unclear. It may have been over a bonus he did not receive, either for redesigning generators or for the arc lighting system that was shelved. Tesla had previous run-ins with the Edison company over unpaid bonuses he believed he had earned. In his autobiography, Tesla stated the manager of the Edison Machine Works offered a $50,000 bonus to design "twenty-four different types of standard machines" "but it turned out to be a practical joke".[51] Later versions of this story have Thomas Edison himself offering and then reneging on the deal, quipping "Tesla, you don't understand our American humor".[52][53] The size of the bonus in either story has been noted as odd since Machine Works manager Batchelor was stingy with pay and the company did not have that amount of cash (equivalent to $12 million today) on hand. Tesla's diary contains just one comment on what happened at the end of his employment, a note he scrawled across the two pages covering 7 December 1884, to 4 January 1885, saying "Good bye to the Edison Machine Works".


  • Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1884
    The Wright brothers

    Family's abrupt move

    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1884

    Both brothers attended high school, but did not receive diplomas. The family's abrupt move in 1884 from Richmond, Indiana, to Dayton, Ohio, where the family had lived during the 1870s, prevented Wilbur from receiving his diploma after finishing four years of high school. The diploma was awarded posthumously to Wilbur on April 16, 1994, which would have been his 127th birthday.


  • New York, U.S.
    1884
    Statue of Liberty

    Fundraising Lagging

    New York, U.S.
    1884

    Even with these efforts, fundraising lagged. Grover Cleveland, the governor of New York, vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884. An attempt the next year to have Congress provide $100,000, sufficient to complete the project, also failed. The New York committee, with only $3,000 in the bank, suspended work on the pedestal. With the project in jeopardy, groups from other American cities, including Boston and Philadelphia, offered to pay the full cost of erecting the statue in return for relocating it.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1884
    Nikola Tesla

    Charles Batchelor was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1884

    In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris installation, was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla be brought to the US as well.


  • Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1884
    Harry S. Truman

    Birth

    Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1884

    Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1884
    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla emigrated to the United States

    U.S.
    Jun, 1884

    In June 1884, Tesla emigrated to the United States.


  • Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884
    Hot Dog

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat

    Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884): even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.


  • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    1884
    Kroger

    Kroger opened his second store

    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    1884

    In 1884 Kroger opened its second store.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1884
    Nikola Tesla

    Good bye to the Edison Machine Works

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1884

    Tesla had been working at the Machine Works for a total of six months when he quit. What event precipitated his leaving is unclear. It may have been over a bonus he did not receive, either for redesigning generators or for the arc lighting system that was shelved. Tesla had previous run-ins with the Edison company over unpaid bonuses he believed he had earned. In his autobiography, Tesla stated the manager of the Edison Machine Works offered a $50,000 bonus to design "twenty-four different types of standard machines" "but it turned out to be a practical joke".[51] Later versions of this story have Thomas Edison himself offering and then reneging on the deal, quipping "Tesla, you don't understand our American humor".[52][53] The size of the bonus in either story has been noted as odd since Machine Works manager Batchelor was stingy with pay and the company did not have that amount of cash (equivalent to $12 million today) on hand. Tesla's diary contains just one comment on what happened at the end of his employment, a note he scrawled across the two pages covering 7 December 1884, to 4 January 1885, saying "Good bye to the Edison Machine Works".


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