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The Edmunds Act is adopted by the U.S. Congress to suppress polygamy in the territories, especially in Mormon Utah
The first Exclusion Act bars further Chinese immigration for ten years. The act is regularly renewed by Congress and is still on the books in 1920.
An electric fan is developed by Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, a New York City engineer and inventor
The nation's first hydroelectric plant is built at Appleton, WI
Britain invades and conquers Egypt
Germany, Austria and Italy form the Triple Alliance
Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust is the first industrial monopoly
In Berlin, Robert Koch announces discovery of tuberculosis germ
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