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== Events ==

* October 23 - [[Mary Pearcey]] [[Murder|murders]] Phoebe Hogg and her 8 month old daughter, Tiggy Hogg.

* November 8 - [[John Brown Gordon]]'s term as Governor of Georgia ends when he loses re-election to William J. Northen.

* December 4 - [[Benjamin Tillman]] is elected Governor of South Carolina.

* December 15 - Lakota Chief Sitting Bull is assassinated at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation by a group of [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|BIA]] agents lead by Lieutenant [[Henry Bullhead]].

* December 23 - [[Mary Pearcey]] is executed by hanging.

* December 29 - The [[Wounded Knee Massacre]] takes place when a detachment of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under command of Colonel [[James W. Forsyth]] slaughters more than 250 Lakota Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in response to a growing religious movement known as the "Ghost Dance", which was perceived to be a threat to American expansionism.

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* August 6 - [[William Kemmler]]

* December 19 - [[Henry Bullhead]]

* December 23 - [[Mary Pearcey]]

=== Victim deaths ===

* October 23 - Phoebe and Tiggy Hogg

* December 15 - Sitting Bull

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 == Events ==
+* October 23 - [[Mary Pearcey]] [[Murder|murders]] Phoebe Hogg and her 8 month old daughter, Tiggy Hogg.
 * November 8 - [[John Brown Gordon]]'s term as Governor of Georgia ends when he loses re-election to William J. Northen.
 * December 4 - [[Benjamin Tillman]] is elected Governor of South Carolina.
 * December 15 - Lakota Chief Sitting Bull is assassinated at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation by a group of [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|BIA]] agents lead by Lieutenant [[Henry Bullhead]].
+* December 23 - [[Mary Pearcey]] is executed by hanging.
 * December 29 - The [[Wounded Knee Massacre]] takes place when a detachment of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under command of Colonel [[James W. Forsyth]] slaughters more than 250 Lakota Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in response to a growing religious movement known as the "Ghost Dance", which was perceived to be a threat to American expansionism.
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 * August 6 - [[William Kemmler]]
 * December 19 - [[Henry Bullhead]]
+* December 23 - [[Mary Pearcey]]
 === Victim deaths ===
+* October 23 - Phoebe and Tiggy Hogg
 * December 15 - Sitting Bull