Things that happened in 1893

January 5Paramahansa Yogananda was born in India
January 17The Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown
February 23Rudolf Diesel received a patent for the diesel engine
March 4Grover Cleveland was sworn in as the 24th President of the United States
April 6The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dedicated
April 8The first recorded college basketball game occurred in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, between the Geneva College Covenanters and the New Brighton YMCA
May 1The Chicago World’s Fair opened
May 5The ‘Panic of 1893’, a crash on the New York Stock Exchange, started a depression
May 9Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope was first demonstrated in public
May 23Mahatma Gandhi arrived in South Africa
May 29British spiritual healer Harry Edwards was born
June 6Prince George Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck were married at St James’s Palace, London
September 11The World’s Parliament of Religions opened
September 19New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote
September 27The World’s Parliament of Religions held its closing ceremony
October 30The Chicago World’s Fair closed
NovemberColorado became the first US state to grant women the right to vote
December 16Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) premiered at Carnegie Hall, New York City