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Historical Event(s)
– Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
– Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
– The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
– President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
– Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day”) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan’s proclamation on May 5).
– Grito de Lares (“Lares Revolt”) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
– The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
– Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
– Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
– U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
Who Were Born On ?
– S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
– Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
– Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)
– Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
– James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916)
– Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist (d. 1946)
– Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1924)
– Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (d. 1918)
– John Nance Garner, American politician (d. 1967)
– Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)