2 January 1882Standard Oil TrustJohn Davison Rockefeller
Rockefeller's companies adopt a trust structure coordinating control of the oil business.
Historical records for United States of America in 1882, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Rockefeller's companies adopt a trust structure coordinating control of the oil business.
Standard Oil interests adopt a formal trust agreement.
Rockefeller consolidates control through the new trust structure.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born at Hyde Park, New York.
Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The future Democratic president is born into the Roosevelt family.
Signs the Edmunds Act targeting polygamy in United States territories.
The legislation strengthens federal penalties against plural marriage.
Signs the Chinese Exclusion Act into law.
Federal law suspends immigration of Chinese labourers for ten years.
Is executed for assassinating President James Garfield.
Guiteau is hanged after conviction for Garfield's murder.
The law creates a federal head tax on arriving immigrants.
Signs the Immigration Act of 1882.
Guiteau is executed for the assassination of President Garfield
Congress suspends Cinese immigration for 10 yrs
Guiteau is executed for the assassination of President Garfield
Learns he has a fatal heart disease, keeps his health a secret
Congress suspends Cinese immigration for 10 yrs
Enacts the 1st Federal immigration law
Opens a legal practice
Enacts the 1st Federal immigration law
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