Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg (September 18, 1872 in Bingen, Germany - September 9, 1955 in Meran, Italy) was a German pianist and teacher of Jewish origin.
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Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake. - 22Mar
Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment. - 22May
Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers. - 18Nov
United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872. - 9Dec
P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.