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Historical Event(s)
– Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
– 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.
– The Mounties begin their March West.
– Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa.
– The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.
– General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
– The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
Who Were Born On ?
– Josef Suk, Czech composer (d. 1935)
– Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940)
– Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
– Harry Houdini, (Erik Weisz), Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926)
– Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
– Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941)
– Carl Bosch, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
– Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
– Clarence Day, American writer (d. 1935)
– Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (d. 1944)