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Historical Event(s)
– The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
– Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
– Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
– The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
– The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
– Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled “Who’s to Blame?” in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
– The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
– Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
– The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of “Villa de Juárez”.
– General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
Who Were Born On ?
– Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937)
– Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
– James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
– Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
– Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959)
– Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born composer (d. 1951)
– Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
– Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. 1941)
– Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
– Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (d. 1956)