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1871

  • Boss Tweed's rule in New York City ends.

  • Chicago's Great Fire breaks out.

1883

  • Brooklyn Bridge opens.

1893

  • World's Columbian Exposition opens.

  • Panic on Wall Street touches off major economic depression.

1895

  • Boston Public Library opens in Copley Square.

1897

  • Nation's first subway system opens in Boston.