1880-1890 1881 James A. Garfield takes oath on March 4 as 20th President. 1881 Garfield assassinated, Sep 19. Chester A. Arthur becomes 21st President. 1883 Indonesian volcano Krakatau erupts killing 35,000. 1883 Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Island to Brooklyn, completed May 24. 1884 Statue of Liberty presented by France, construction required ten years. 1884 First baseball World Series played. 1885 Grover Cleveland takes oath on March 4 as 22nd President, 1st term. 1886 Geronimo surrenders all Apache nations, September 4. 1887 Susan Salter, Argonia, Kansas, becomes 1st woman mayor in U.S., Apr 4. 1887 ICC established to bring order to the railroad industry. 1888 First successful computer built by Herman Hollerith. 1888 Richmond, VA introduces first Electric streetcars. 1889 Benjamin Harrison takes oath on March 4 as 23rd President. 1889 Indian Territory becomes Oklahoma Territory, thrown open to land-rush. 1889 Ten story building erected in Chicago. Considered a skyscraper at the time. 1889 North and South Dakota admitted as 39th and 40th states on Nov 2. 1889 Montana admitted as 41st state on Nov 8. 1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state on Nov 11. 1889 Jefferson Davis dies at age 81 on Dec 6. Buried in New Orleans. 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act signed into law, Jul 2. 1890 Idaho admitted as 43rd state on Jul 3. 1890 Wyoming admitted as 44th state on Jul 10. 1890 Thomas Alva Edison, invents motion pictures. 1890 First skyscraper in New York City is the World Building, 26 stories. 1890 Sitting Bull killed by Indian policemen while resisting arrest. 1890 Indians (women & children) massacred at Wounded Knee, SD, Dec 29. 1890 Teddy Roosevelt writes about Daniel Boone's excursion to KY in 1769. 1890 Leonidas Merritt discovers iron ore lode at Mesabi, MN.