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The first Kentucky Derby is held
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing black Americans equal access to public facilities
Risings occur in the Ottoman provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina against Ottoman rule
U.S. dentist George Green patents the electric dental drill
First direct-link telegraph cable between Britain and the United States
Tolstoy publishes the first part of Anna Karenina
Dvorak completes his Symphony No. 5
Russian spiritualist Helena Blavatsky founds the Theosophical Society of America
English swimmer Matthew Webb first to swim the English Channel
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