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Historical Event(s)
– The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
– Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
– The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
– The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
– The Mounties begin their March West.
– 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”.
– 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 ?
– Gertrude Stein, American writer (d. 1946)
– Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)
– Ernest William Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
– Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, eugenicist (d. 1952)
– Romaine Brooks, American painter (d. 1970)
– Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
– Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
– Charles B. Middleton, American actor (d. 1949)
– Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (d. 1942)
– Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)