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== Events ==
== Events ==
* 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 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 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]].

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Events

  • 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 BIA agents lead by Lieutenant Henry Bullhead.
  • 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.

Births

Villain births

Victim births

Deaths

Villain deaths

Victim deaths

  • December 15 - Sitting Bull