at Lombard College, in Galesburg, Illinois. May – The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is formed. May 1 – The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, Illinois. The first United States commemorative postage stamps are issued for the Exposition. May 5 – Panic of 1893: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression. May 9 – Edison's 1½ inch system of Kinetoscope is first demonstrated in public, at the Brooklyn Institute. May 10 – Nix v. Hedden: the United States Supreme Court legally declares the tomato to be a vegetable. May 23 – Mahatma Gandhi arrives in South Africa, where he will live until 1914, lead non-violent protests on behalf of Indian immigrants in the South African Republic (Transvaal), and generally have a deeper experience of such activities during these years. June 4 – The Anti-Saloon League is incorporated, originally as a state organization, in Oberlin, Ohio. On December 18, 1895, it becomes a nationwide organization. The same year, the American Council on Alcohol Problems is established, along with the Committee of Fifty for the Study of the Liquor Problem. June 6 – Wedding of Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck: the future King George V of the United Kingdom marries at St James's Palace in London. June 15 – 1893 German federal election: Small anti-Semitic parties secure 2.9% of the vote. June 17 – Gold is found in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. June 20 The Wengernalpbahn railway in Wengen, Switzerland (Canton of Bern) is opened. Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murdering her parents in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892. June 22 – The flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet collides with and sinks in 10 minutes; Vice-admiral Sir George Tryon goes down with his ship. June 29 – Unveiling of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain at Piccadilly Circus in London with its statue of Anteros. July–September July 1 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland is operated on in secret. July 6 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado; 71 people are killed and 200 injured. July 11 Liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya leads a successful revolt in Nicaragua. Kōkichi Mikimoto, in Japan, develops the method to seed and grow cultured pearls. July 13 Paknam Incident: Two French Navy ships are fired upon by Siamese cannons stationed at