A 15-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore became the first immigrant processed through the newly opened Ellis Island station in New York Harbor.

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President Benjamin Harrison led the first nationally proclaimed U.S. celebration of Columbus's landfall, marking the 400th anniversary with parades and school ceremonies.

Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Nutcracker' premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to mixed reviews, decades before it became a global Christmas staple.