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Historical Event(s)
– John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
– A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (“A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly).
– American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
– The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
– The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
– The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
– Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
– Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
– Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first one being Hiram Revels.
– The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)
– Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
– Oscar Straus, Viennese operetta composer (d. 1954)
– Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)
– Charles Davidson Dunbar, British military piper (d. 1939)
– Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
– Uncle Dave Macon, American banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)
– Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
– Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940)
– Albert Amrhein, German rugby player (death year unknown)