Also Within this year in history
In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed legislation creating Yosemite National Park. In South Dakota, years of conflict between the U.S. government and the Lakota Indians culminated in the Wounded Knee Massacre and the deaths of at least 150 Native people and 25 U.S. cavalry members. Lakota resistance leader Sitting Bull was killed during an arrest attempt. Notable births of 1890 included Agatha Christie, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight Eisenhower, Groucho Marx, Robert “Believe It or Not” Ripley and fried-chicken impresario Colonel Harland Sanders.
YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 6: A scenic view of Cathedral rocks in Yosemite National Park, California, United States on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Return of Casey's scouts from the fight at Wounded Knee. Soldiers on horseback plod through the snow in a line. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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